Longtime doctor with Mille Lacs area hospital killed by hit-and-run driver while walking her dogs

A small-town doctor walking her dogs near her home along a central Minnesota highway was struck and killed by a driver who left the scene, officials said Tuesday.

The hit-and-run crash occurred about 4:50 p.m. Monday on Hwy. 169 about halfway between Vineland and Onamia near the southern shore of Lake Mille Lacs, the State Patrol said.

Cathy Ann Donovan, 56, and her dogs were walking along the highway near her home when she was struck by a northbound driver, the patrol said. She died at the scene, according to the patrol and the Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office.

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