Jordan woman struck and killed while getting mail

Published 8:02 am Monday, October 25, 2010

JORDAN, Minn. — A Jordan woman has died after she was struck by a car while getting her mail.

The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Highway 169 at 173rd Street.

The State Patrol said Sunday that 76-year-old Joyce P. Chermak was walking from the mailbox when she crossed in front of a southbound vehicle and was struck. She died at the scene.

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The driver of the car, a 41-year-old New Prague man, was not injured.

The accident remains under investigation.