Fatal hit-and-run injured six, kills one overnight in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — A fatal overnight hit-and-run crash injured six people and killed one. 

Police say they responded to a report of a hit-and-run crash on Fifth Street North at Hennepin Avenue at approximately 12:23 a.m. on Saturday. 

Six people were taken to Hennepin Healthcare, with one of those people suffering from life-threatening injuries. 

A 16-year-old girl was transported to the hospital where she later died. 

Minneapolis police are still investigating what happen but believe an altercation was the cause for the accident. According to a police report, an adult female suspect drove in reverse on Hennepin avenue then drove the wrong way on Fifth street into the crowd. 

The police report went on to say that the suspect was followed by witnesses driving out of downtown. 

Law enforcement say the suspect stopped the vehicle on the 2300 block of Bryant Avenue North and was arrested. 

An investigation is ongoing.