On Friday evening, September 26, at approximately 6:05 pm, Fairmont Police Officers
were dispatched to a report of a pedestrian that struck by a motor vehicle in the 600 block of
East 4th Street in Fairmont.
A 64-year-old female was crossing East 4th Street when she was
struck by the motor vehicle traveling westbound on East 4th Street being driven by a 56-year-old
female. Lifesaving efforts were attempted, but the 64-year-old female was pronounced
deceased at the scene. The driver was taken into custody.
Kristin Carol St. John of Fairmont, 56. was booked into custody at the Martin County Jail Friday night on pending charges of Criminal Vehicular Homicide.
The Fairmont Police Department was assisted at the scene by the Martin County Sheriff’s
Office, the Minnesota State Patrol, Mayo Clinic Ambulance, and members of the Fairmont Fire
Department.