An Esko man is dead following a hit-and-run accident in Duluth May 28.

Stanley Brown, 30, of Duluth, was charged in Duluth Sixth District Court Friday, May 31 with criminal vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a collision, as well as fifth-degree possession of a controlled substance and second-degree refusal to submit to a chemical test.

According to the criminal complaint, Peter J. Seppanen was riding a motorcycle when he was struck by a red Jeep that crossed the centerline into his lane of traffic on 40th Avenue West. The Jeep driver, allegedly Brown, did not stop.

A short time later,...