Texting teen driver who 'refused' to stop kills a father and his daughter after running a red light
- 9 years ago
BECKER COUNTY, MINNESOTA — Charges have been filed against a Minnesota teen, who was involved in a fatal crash in July after she allegedly refused to stop texting while driving prior to the collision.
Prior to the crash, Carlee Bollig, 17, was driving eastbound on a highway near Becker County, Minnesota with two friends and her boyfriend. In the eight minutes leading up to the crash, Bollig allegedly sent multiple Facebook messages despite her friends' protests. The St. Cloud Times reports that Bollig may have been posting to Facebook at the time of the crash.
When her pickup approached a red light at the intersection of Highway 10 and County Road 11, Bollig wasn't able to put her foot on the brakes in time. One witness in the vehicle told investigators that she remembers someone else in the vehicle yelling a warning about the light as the car flew into the intersection, but by then it was too late.
Bollig's pickup ran through the red light and T-boned a northbound van. The crash killed the van's 54-year-old driver and his 10-year-old daughter, and injured two other passengers in the vehicle.
Bollig initially said that her boyfriend, who was the only one in the truck with a valid driver's license, was the driver. But the authorities later deduced that Bollig was in fact the driver after analyzing DNA evidence found at the scene.
When authorities searched the vehicle, they also found a bag containing synthetic marijuana, a digital scale and a smoking pipe. Authorities say that the teens had stopped in nearby St. Clouds for the purpose of doing drugs, although no one has commented on what, if any, role the drugs played in the accident.
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Prior to the crash, Carlee Bollig, 17, was driving eastbound on a highway near Becker County, Minnesota with two friends and her boyfriend. In the eight minutes leading up to the crash, Bollig allegedly sent multiple Facebook messages despite her friends' protests. The St. Cloud Times reports that Bollig may have been posting to Facebook at the time of the crash.
When her pickup approached a red light at the intersection of Highway 10 and County Road 11, Bollig wasn't able to put her foot on the brakes in time. One witness in the vehicle told investigators that she remembers someone else in the vehicle yelling a warning about the light as the car flew into the intersection, but by then it was too late.
Bollig's pickup ran through the red light and T-boned a northbound van. The crash killed the van's 54-year-old driver and his 10-year-old daughter, and injured two other passengers in the vehicle.
Bollig initially said that her boyfriend, who was the only one in the truck with a valid driver's license, was the driver. But the authorities later deduced that Bollig was in fact the driver after analyzing DNA evidence found at the scene.
When authorities searched the vehicle, they also found a bag containing synthetic marijuana, a digital scale and a smoking pipe. Authorities say that the teens had stopped in nearby St. Clouds for the purpose of doing drugs, although no one has commented on what, if any, role the drugs played in the accident.
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