RIVER FALLS – A 27-year-old Ramsey, Minn. man died Wednesday, March 9 from injuries received in a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash just outside of River Falls. At 2:10 a.m. Sunday, March 6, River Falls …
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RIVER FALLS – A 27-year-old Ramsey, Minn. man died Wednesday, March 9 from injuries received in a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash just outside of River Falls.
At 2:10 a.m. Sunday, March 6, River Falls police and St. Croix County deputies received a call about a man allegedly running at vehicles on Highway 35, south of Radio Road in the town of Troy. They soon received another call about a man hunched over in the southbound lane of Highway 35 near the “Welcome to River Falls” sign.
When police arrived, they located Joshua Thesing in the southbound lane of traffic. According to a news release, he had suffered serious injuries from being struck by an unknown vehicle. EMS and law enforcement performed lifesaving measures for 21 minutes before an ambulance transported him to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died three days later.
Two witnesses told police they saw Thesing running north on Highway 35 near the Main Street exit, at which time they called 911. Visibility was poor due to sleet and snow, and the roads were ice-covered in spots. Thesing almost appeared like he was running or stumbling into traffic.
Shortly after officers cleared the accident scene, Thesing’s friend called police looking for him. A group of them was in town for a rugby event. They were staying at a motel in River Falls after a night out at the downtown bars, but Thesing hadn’t returned to the motel. Thesing and a friend left Shooter’s Pub at about 1:30 a.m. The friend said Thesing was extremely intoxicated and took off running north on Main Street toward the hotel. The friend was tired and didn’t want to run, but figured he’d catch up with him at the motel. However, he wasn’t there.
The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office interviewed motorists who were at the scene of the crash, but is still looking for other vehicles that were in the area at the time of the incident. The details about those vehicles will be released in the coming days.
According to Thesing’s obituary, he was a member of the Twin Cities-based Metropolitan Rugby Club.
The case remains under investigation.
