A 72-year-old woman was struck and killed Thursday afternoon while crossing a White Bear Township road by a drunken driver who left the scene but soon surrendered to police, according to the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office.

The collision happened around 4:22 p.m. at the intersection of White Bear Parkway and Birch Lake Boulevard North at the township’s border with White Bear Lake.

Witnesses said a 46-year-old man was headed north on White Bear Parkway in a Kia SUV while the woman was walking east in the crosswalk of Birch Lake Boulevard, said Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jake Olson. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

The intersection has stop signs on Birch Lake Boulevard, but not on White Bear Parkway, Olson said. The speed limit in the area is 40 mph.

Deputies received an update at 4:43 p.m. that the man had gone to the White Bear Lake police station. He registered a 0.14 BAC on a preliminary breath test, Olson said. The legal limit to drive in Minnesota is 0.08.

The victim wasn’t immediately named, pending positive identification and notification of next of kin.

— Nick Ferraro