Suspect in fatal pedestrian crash in St. Paul arrested

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — St. Paul police say they’ve arrested a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian and then fled the scene of the crash.

Officers responded to an intersection Sunday about 9 p.m. where they found a man lying unresponsive with significant head injuries. The victim, 60-year-old Lor Xiong, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say a number of witnesses provided the license plate number of the vehicle that left the scene. Officers later found the vehicle several miles away.

Officers found the suspect, a 23-year-old St. Anthony man, in a nearby house and arrested him on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide about 1 a.m. Monday.