A woman was hit and killed at eastbound I-494 and 34th Avenue in Bloomington on Saturday night while running across traffic lanes, according to the state patrol.

Cynthia Finnell, 66, of Bloomington was struck and killed on eastbound 494 while she was running across the eastbound lanes, according to the state patrol website. The driver of a Ford Explorer in the right lane of the freeway, just west of 34th Avenue, struck and killed her.

The deadly crash occurred at 8:45 p.m. Saturday,  according to L. Mike Lee, public information officer for the Minnesota State Patrol.

Further details will be released at a later date as the investigation is active and ongoing, he said.

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Investigators working to fight online child exploitation offer a few tips to people who want to keep themselves — or their children — from becoming targets of sextortion.

• Don’t become friends, online, with someone you don’t have any way of meeting in real life.

• Don’t create explicit photos or video of yourself or any friends. And, if you do, don’t store it or share it online with anyone.

• If you’re a parent, don’t expect your kid to never use the internet or never chat online with people they’ve never met in real life. Instead, make it a conversation starter, and insist on meeting any online friends and exercise veto power if that persona feels sketchy.

• If any friend asks you for explicit material, that person might not be who they say they are. And they probably aren’t going to keep it to themselves if they get it.

Experts also point to resources to report sextortion, or deal with its aftermath:

• The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children offers information about services and support for victims and family members: missingkids.org

• The center, sometimes known as NCMEC, also offers a tip line to report possible child exploitation or missing children: 800 843‐5678

• Suicide Crisis Lifeline is available if you are thinking about suicide or need emotional support: 988lifeline.org

• A free service – Take It Down– can help you remove or stop the online sharing ofnude, partially nude, or sexually explicit images or videos: takeitdown.ncmec.org

• Homeland Security Investigations has a tip line to report possible online crime, including sextortion: 866-347‐2423

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A South St. Paul man was killed in a single-vehicle crash at a Highway 61 exit ramp in St. Paul Park, authorities said.

The fatal crash occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday when the driver of a Honda Civic took an offramp from southbound Highway 61 in St. Paul Park, according to the state patrol website.

The state patrol identified the driver as Michael Alton Huset, 68, of South St. Paul

According to the state patrol, Huset’s vehicle exited the highway at the 70th Street offramp and drove through the intersection at the top of the offramp, striking a concrete wall on the other side.

Huset was taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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A South St. Paul man was killed in a single-vehicle crash at a Highway 61 exit ramp in St. Paul Park, authorities said.

The fatal crash occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. Saturday when the driver of a Honda Civic took an offramp from southbound Highway 61 in St. Paul Park, according to the state patrol website.

The state patrol identified the driver as Michael Alton Huset, 68, of South St. Paul

According to the state patrol, Huset’s vehicle exited the highway at the 70th Street offramp and drove through the intersection at the top of the offramp, striking a concrete wall on the other side.

Huset was taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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