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- Driver Using Cell Phone Rear Ended a Car and Killed a Baby in a Columbia Heights Accident
- Trailer Hit SUV and Killed Father and Daughter in Minnesota
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Driver Using Cell Phone Rear Ended a Car and Killed a Baby in a Columbia Heights Accident
3, June 2010
On March 18, a woman was speeding down Central Avenue in Columbia Heights and looking for the cell phone she had just dropped. She rear-ended a car stopped at an intersection and killed a baby, a 14-month-old. The baby was properly strapped into his car seat, but the force of the impact (remember she was [...]
Beer Truck-SUV Crash in Minnesota Kills Three
27, April 2010
Three people died yesterday when a beer truck carrying a trailer full of beer crashed into an SUV with three people inside. All three people died, including the driver, Lucila Rojas, a wife and mother of two daughters. “Families are grieving today and looking for answers,” stated Attorney Fred Pritzker, who has won millions of [...]
Drunk Driver Liability in MN: DWI NightCAP Arrests Up in July
11, August 2009
If the driver’s alcohol concentration is .08 or more, the driver is in violation of Minnesota Statute, Section 169A. If someone violates this law, it is prima facie evidence of negligence in a civil case (Minnesota Statutes, Section 169.96 (2006)). When a drunk driver is involved in an accident, people injured in the accident and [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
DWI Arrests Hit 196 in March
4, April 2009
A designated Minnesota drunk driver enforcement campaign resulted in 196 DWI arrests in March, about a third of which occurred around St. Patrick’s Day. The State Patrol said the monthly total was the highest since the program known as NightCap started last October. The program targets the 13 counties with the highest number of fatal [...]
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 [...]
Drunk Driving Death Threat Rises March 17
14, March 2009
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety has announced its plan for extra DWI patrols on St. Patrick’s Day to reduce the threat of drunk driving death and injury. Statewide on St. Patrick’s Day, alcohol-related crashes accounted for seven of 12 traffic deaths and another 13 serious injuries from 2005-2007, according to the Minnesota Department of [...]
Special DWI Enforcement Plan
2, March 2009
The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety will fund special DWI enforcement efforts in five counties this year as part of a heightened enforcement effort to curtail drunken driving in counties with a history of alcohol-related crashes. The five counties are Ramsey, Rice, St. Louis, Sherburne and Stearns. According to the Winter 2009 newsletter of the Office [...]
