KSTP Created: May 24, 2021 03:13 PM
A Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officer died in the line of duty Monday morning.
According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the conservation officer died following a two-vehicle crash near Grand Rapids that involved a semi.
The Minnesota State Patrol said the officer was driving a pickup when a semi struck the truck on the driver-side door.
The DNR also identified the conservation officer as 39-year-old Sarah Grell.
Grell was stationed in Grand Rapids and leaves behind a husband and three children. She served as a conservation officer since 2005 and had a deeply held dedication to serving Minnesota s people and natural resources. She was part of a proud family legacy – her uncle, father and grandfather also worked as conservation officers. Her husband, Gene, works for the DNR s Forestry Division and her mother worked for the DNR Fisheries until her retirement, according t
Minnesota DNR IDs Officer Killed In Traffic Wreck
Get our free mobile app
Grand Rapids, MN (KROC AM News) - A traffic crash Monday morning in northern Minnesota claimed the life of a Department of Natural Resources officer.
The State Patrol says a pickup truck driven by the DNR officer was on a rural road near Grand Rapids around 8:30 am when a semi-truck
“made contact with driver s door of the Chevrolet in the intersection, causing fatal injuries to the driver of the pickup.”
The DNR officer was identified as 39-year-old Sarah Grell who was stationed in Grand Rapids and lived in Cohasset. The driver of the truck was 42-year-old Milo Polovina of Grand Rapids. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
(KNSI) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is identifying the Conservation Officer who died in the line of duty Monday morning.
They say 39-year-old Officer Sarah Grell was killed in a two vehicle crash near Grand Rapids. Details surrounding the crash were not immediately released. The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating.
Grell leaves behind a husband, Gene Grell, who works in the DNR’s Forestry Division, and their three kids.
Grell comes from a line of conservation officers as her uncle, father, and grandfather all served. Grell’s mother was with the DNR’s Fisheries Division until she retired.
Outdoornews
May 24, 2021
Officer Sarah Grell, 39, was stationed in Grand Rapids. (Minnesota DNR)
A Minnesota DNR conservation officer has died in the line of duty following a two-vehicle crash Monday, May 24, near Grand Rapids.
Officer Sarah Grell, 39, was stationed in Grand Rapids and leaves behind a husband and three children. She served as a conservation officer since 2005 and had a deeply held dedication to serving Minnesota’s people and natural resources. She was part of a proud family legacy – her uncle, father and grandfather also worked as conservation officers. Her husband Gene works for DNR’s Forestry Division and her mother worked for DNR Fisheries until her retirement.