Minn. Deputy Killed While Directing Traffic

Reserve Deputy Sheriff Mike Wilken, 56, of Newport,Minnesota was on traffic duty for the event when a vehicle driven by a "common Joe Citizen" struck him at about 8:30 p.m. Saturday October 24, 2009 near the intersection of White Bear Avenue and Frost Avenue. Wilken suffered multiple critical injuries and was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died early Sunday morning.