Minn. DNR Conservation Officer Sarah Grell Dies In Line Of Duty Following Crash Near Grand Rapids
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that one of its conservation officers died in the line of duty Monday morning.
Officer Sarah Grell, 39, died following a crash involving two vehicles near Grand Rapids.
“The sense of loss we feel right now is indescribable,” DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen said. “We are heartbroken for her family. Our deepest sympathies and concerns are with them. Officer Grell leaves behind an incredible legacy of service to Minnesota’s people and natural resources.”
Minnesota DNR IDs Officer Killed In Traffic Wreck
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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.