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Maple Grove woman dies in crash near Cedar Mills

Submitted by Jorge Sosa on June 30, 2008 - 1:16pm.
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A 22-year-old Maple Grove woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash Sunday (June 30) near Cedar Mills.

The State Patrol has not released the name of the woman, pending notification of family. According to the State Patrol, she was eastbound on State Highway 7 in a 2006 Saturn Ion at about 3:50 p.m.

Her car was struck by a 1999 Dodge Caravan, driven by Anita Vanderwege, 38, of Colorado Springs, Colo. The Caravan was westbound on Highway 7, then spun out of control and crossed into the oncoming lane after it was broadsided by a 1989 Lincoln Town Car. Robert D. Scott, 78, of Hutchinson, was southbound on County Road 27 in the Town Car and had no apparent injuries. Alcohol was detected in Scott's system.

Vanderwege was brought to Hutchinson Community Hospital, then airlifted to Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. She was in critical condition and suffering from internal injuries. The Maple Grove woman died at the scene of the crash.

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(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)


The State Patrol has...

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The State Patrol has released the name of the woman killed in this crash. She was Kelsey Eberle, 22, of Maple Grove.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)


Submitted by Jorge Sosa on July 1, 2008 - 11:02am.

According to Lt. Tom Schmitz...

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According to Lt. Tom Schmitz of the State Patrol, it is not yet known if alcohol played a factor in this crash.

Speaking in a phone interview this afternoon, Schmitz said responding officers noticed Robert D. Scott smelled of alcohol. He said standard procedure when there is a traffic-related fatality is to administer a blood test, not a breathalyzer test, to determine blood alcohol concentration.

It can take a couple weeks for results of a blood test to come back. Schmitz said if Scott's blood alcohol concentration is shown to have been greater than .08, there will definitely be charges pressed.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)


Submitted by Jorge Sosa on July 1, 2008 - 4:29pm.

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