Fatal Car Accident
Fatal Minnesota Car Accident on Highway 8
13, August 2009
On August 12, a Minnesota car accident near Center City resulted in the death of at least one person. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a Plymouth Voyager was heading northbound on Pleasant Valley and ran the stop sign on the corner of Pleasant Valley and Highway 8. The Plymouth crossed Highway 8 and struck [...]
Eleven lives lost in Memorial Day Weekend Highway Accidents
26, May 2009
Felony charges of criminal vehicular operation are pending against a 25-year-old Winona man whom the State Patrol says was drunk when the vehicle he was driving broadsided a van, killing four people and critically injuring two others.
The accident Saturday was the worst of eight Minnesota fatal accidents that took place over Memorial Day weekend.
The State [...]
Minnesota Car Accident Death Results in Criminal Charges
13, May 2009
A 66-year-old man from Crosslake, Minnesota, has been charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide in the death of 3-year-old Jack Larson.
According to the Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Department, traffic on County Road 3 in Merrifield had stopped for Jack and other boys and girls to cross the street on Saturday. Sherman Frederick passed the stopped vehicles on [...]
Minnesota Fatal Accidents Haven’t Slowed
5, May 2009
If the current rate of motor vehicle fatalities in Minnesota holds, the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) is projecting 440 Minnesota road deaths for 2009.
If true, the results would be in line with the number of Minnesota traffic fatalities last year — 456.
In a press release this week, DPS said 104 people have died in Minnesota [...]
Man Charged In Chaska Pedestrian Death
21, April 2009
Two misdemeanor charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian have been filed against a Chaska motorist who fatally injured a pedestrian late last year at a busy intersection in downtown Chaska.
The charges against Gregory T. Benedix, 43, relate to his SUV hitting 86-year-old Jerome Meuwissen as he crossed Highway 41 at Second Street in a [...]
Driver Who Caused Fatal Crash Was Drunk
21, April 2009
The man who crashed a stolen car into another vehicle, killing a 48-year-old St. Paul woman Saturday night, was intoxicated and was seen speeding through a red light a moment before the crash.
Those are some of the details in a criminal complaint filed in Ramsey County District Court against Tito F. Campbell, 33, of Crystal. [...]
Accident Death Results From Fleeing Suspect
19, April 2009
A 48-year-old mother of six has died from injuries she received in a Minnesota car accident in which her vehicle was struck by a motorist who was fleeing Roseville Police.
The accident occurred after 7 p.m. Saturday at Larpenteur Avenue and Interstate 35E in St. Paul, killing Shoua Vang. She was a passenger in a car driven [...]
Two Die in South St. Paul Car Crash
25, March 2009
Police in South St. Paul are still investigating a fatal car accident in a city neighborhood that killed the driver of the vehicle and a passenger.
The 2007 Cadillac driven by James Melford Trone, 44, of South St. Paul, rolled and then struck a house after Trone lost control at the intersection of 7th Avenue South [...]
Car Crashes Into House In South St. Paul
24, March 2009
One person is dead and another critically injured after the car they were in crashed into a house in South St. Paul.
According to KSTP-TV, no one in the house was injured.
The accident happened shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 800 block of 7th Avenue South, the station reported.
Police believe the fatal car accident occurred [...]
2 Killed in Broadside Accident in Hermantown
16, March 2009
A Chevy Yukon SUV slammed into the side of a car at a major intersection northwest of Duluth, killing the car’s driver and a passenger in the car, according to the State Patrol.
The Minnesota fatal car accident occurred early Monday, just after midnight, the patrol said. One of the vehicles apparently went against a red light but [...]
