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St. Paul man sentenced in fatal Shepard Road crash after guilty plea

A 2007 Chevrolet Impala and a 1998 GMC Sierra collided on Shepard Road in St. Paul in December 2024, killing an 18-year-old Wisconsin man, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 10, 2026, 6:25 p.m. ET
A man has been sentenced in connection with a fatal crash on in , , that killed an 18-year-old man, the Twin Cities Pioneer Press reported. The crash occurred at about 2:30 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2024, and involved a 2007 Chevrolet Impala and a 1998 GMC Sierra, according to the outlet. The driver pleaded guilty in June to criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation, the Pioneer Press reported. The outlet reported that the driver's blood-alcohol concentration was 0.23%, above 's legal limit of 0.08%, and that he said he had drunk multiple glasses of wine at home before the crash. The Pioneer Press reported that he crossed over the center lane into oncoming traffic before crashing into the other car. Judge Timothy Mulrooney sentenced the driver to a year in the county workhouse and 10 years of probation, granting a downward departure from state sentencing guidelines that called for a four-year prison term, the Pioneer Press reported. The driver entered a Norgaard plea, stating he could not remember the crash, according to the outlet. The man who died was identified by the Pioneer Press as an 18-year-old graduate of Cochrane-Fountain City High School in western Wisconsin. His passenger, a woman, was conscious and had to be extracted from the car; she had injuries to her hands, face, neck and legs and complained of back and leg pain, the outlet reported. The driver was unconscious with shallow breaths and was rushed to Regions Hospital, where he ended up in a coma, suffered a stroke and was in and out of the hospital for nearly six months, according to the Pioneer Press. The cause of the crash has not been determined. police investigated, the Pioneer Press reported.

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