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Eleven lives lost in Memorial Day Weekend Highway Accidents

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. [...]

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Pedestrian Injured Badly By Car

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office and State Patrol are investigating a Minnesota car-pedestrian accident that left a 62-year-old Mounds View man seriously injured. WCCO-TV reported that the accident happened about 10:30 p.m. Saturday in Spring Lake Park. The man, James Miller, was walking with a companion on the side of a service road along the 1600 block [...]

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Minnesota Fatal Accidents Haven’t Slowed

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 [...]

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Driver Who Caused Fatal Crash Was Drunk

Driver Who Caused Fatal Crash Was Drunk

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 [...]

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Pickup Driver Failed to Yield in Tragic Crash

Pickup Driver Failed to Yield in Tragic Crash

A pickup truck failed to yield the right of way at an intersection in Scott County, broadsiding a car that carried a pregnant woman, resulting in a miscarriage. The State Patrol identified the woman as Katie Messer, 28, of Victoria. She was a passenger in a Toyota Camry driven by 32-year-old Nathan Messer, also of Victoria.  The [...]

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Special DWI Enforcement Plan

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 [...]

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More Effort Needed to Curtail Fatal Accidents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week said significant progress has been made to reduce motor vehicle injuries, but additional efforts are needed to  reduce the number of deaths attributed to motor vehicles. The CDC said the current national average motor vehicle death rate is well above the Healthy People 2010 objective.  The [...]

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What do I do when I am contacted by an insurance company after my Minnesota car accident?

After a Minnesota car accident, you will be contacted by an auto insurance company. Do not talk to them. Contact a Minnesota car accident lawyer at our Minnesota law firm, PritzkerOlsen, P.A.

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