AVON - A man jumped from a bridge and was struck and killed on Interstate 94 in Avon Wednesday morning. The Minnesota State Patrol says it happened just before 8:00 a.m.

The 53-year-old Avon man walked from a parked car on County Road 9, he then jumped from the bridge on the county road down onto eastbound I-94 and was struck by a semi.

The man's name has not been released yet.

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