Minnesota driver gets 3 speeding tickets in one day A weeklong traffic safety campaign is focused on speeding and aggressive driving. May 13, 2021 12:39pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Three times on Wednesday a 20-year-old man put the pedal to the metal in northern Minnesota, and the result was the same each time: He was stopped by a State Trooper and given a speeding ticket.
Troopers first caught the leadfoot motorist about 1:50 p.m. near Grand Rapids going 73 mph in an area where the speed limit is 60. About 20 minutes later, a trooper caught him traveling 76 mph in zone marked at 60 mph. The third trooper clocked him going 78 mph in a 65 mph zone about 4:20 p.m. near Bemidji, the man s hometown.
Family mourns mother, 2 young kids killed in crash
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) A mom and her two young kids, gone in an instant.
Kiara Jones and her two children, 3-year-old Lily and 2-year-old Joshua, died in a crash on Saturday after their car crossed the median on Dunkirk Lane in Maple Grove. A male passenger in the car survived.
Their family is now focused on how the three of them lived, not how they died.
“I’m going miss being a father and grandfather to them. They were always on my mind when I move about, when I see things, you know, make me think of them. I enjoyed coming home with things for them, you know, I love to see the smile on they face when I come in,” Carl Billingsley said.
Police estimate car in Maple Grove fatal crash was going 80 mph
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MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (FOX 9) - Police say a car that crashed in Maple Grove killing three people, including two toddlers, was traveling about 80 mph in a 45 mph zone.
According to the Maple Grove Police Department, the speed estimate is conservative. The vehicle appeared to have crossed the median and struck a tree, breaking into two pieces.
Family mourns loss of two children and mother after fatal crash in Maple Grove
A car police think was going 80 mph before it crashed contained three members of a family, including a mother, a 2-year-old and a 3-year-old over the weekend.
Victims of triple-fatal Maple Grove crash ID d as woman, 2 toddlers
The single-vehicle crash happened just before 7 a.m. Saturday, May 8.
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Three people killed in a single-vehicle crash in Maple Grove Saturday morning have been identified as a young Minneapolis woman and two young children.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner s Office identified the victims Monday afternoon as 25-year-old Kiara Tashay Jones, 3-year-old Lily My Joy Kendrick and 2-year-old Joshua Vishnu Kendrick.
All three died of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in the car crash on Dunkirk Lane just north of 77th Avenue North. Maple Grove Police Department said the crash happened at approximately 6:54 a.m. Saturday.
Three Dead Following Maple Grove Crash
By Ashley Hanley|2021-05-10T06:00:53-05:00May 10th, 2021|
(Maple Grove) A woman and two children are dead following a Saturday morning crash in Maple Grove. A vehicle containing the victims was traveling near the intersection of Dunkirk Lane and Lawndale Lane when the incident happened. A 25-year-old female driver, a two-year-old boy, and a three-year-old girl were all killed, but a 23-year-old man inside survived the crash. Investigators say high-speed may have been a factor in the crash, and that none of the passengers was wearing their seat belts. The cause of the crash is still being investigated.