Cathy Donovan of Onamia, a family practice physician with the Mille Lacs Health System, died Monday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle while walking along U.S. Highway 169 near Mille Lacs Lake. Authorities say the driver fled the scene.
Woman faces felony criminal vehicular homicide; and 2 others charged with helping her hid her vehicle.
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An 18-year-old Onamia woman faces criminal vehicular homicide charges after hitting a pedestrian and leaving him for dead and two men were charged with aiding her to avoid arrest.
Gabrielle Madison Jellum appeared Feb. 2 in Mille Lacs County District Court in Milaca, where she was also charged with two felony counts of failing to stop in a traffic collision and failing to notify police of the hit-and-run crash.
Gabrielle Madison Jellum
Jellum is accused of hitting 20-year-old Chey Amos Garbow of Onamia Dec. 9, 2020, on Virgo Road with her vehicle and then leaving the scene. Garbow was wearing a black winter coat and black pants. Medical examiners determined Garbow died of blunt force trauma due to the pedestrian-vehicle collision.