Driver Who Plowed Into Protesters in Minneapolis Is Charged With Murder
Nicholas Kraus of St. Paul, Minn., was drunk at the time of the crash, the authorities said. Deona Marie Erickson, 31, a social justice advocate, was killed in the episode.
A memorial for Deona Marie Erickson in Minneapolis on Monday, the day after she was killed by a vehicle whose driver plowed into a crowd.Credit.Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune, via Associated Press
Published June 16, 2021Updated June 17, 2021, 4:20 a.m. ET
The drunken driver who plowed a sport-utility vehicle into a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis on Sunday night, killing a woman and injuring several other people, was charged on Wednesday with intentional second-degree murder, the authorities said.
Man held in fatal Uptown crash didn t have a driver s license Nicholas Kraus hasn t had a license since 2013, according to state officials. June 15, 2021 5:38pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The St. Paul man who drove an SUV into a parked car protecting protesters blocking an Uptown intersection and killed a woman does not have a driver s license and has a history of drunken driving convictions and other crimes dating back more than 17 years, according to authorities.
Nicholas D. Kraus, 35, remains jailed Tuesday without bail on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the crash late Sunday that killed 31-year-old Deona M. Knajdek of Minneapolis and injured three other protesters.
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