Teen driver kills Minn. father, child after refusing to get off cell phone, telling imploring friends to 'f--- off': prosecutors
Charles Maurer, 54, and his 10-year-old daughter Cassy were killed when an unlicensed teen driver crashed her car into them as she texted and updated Facebook on her cell phone, prosecutors said.
A defiant teen driver allegedly refused friends' pleas to put down her cell phone before blowing through a red light and killing another driver and his 10-year-old daughter, according to a report.
Carlee R. Bollig, 17, of Little Falls, Minn., told her three passengers to "f--- off" about her texting and said that she "didn't care if she crashed" moments before the July 21 collision, the Star Tribune reported, citing charging documents.
According to prosecutors, the unlicensed teen was driving in Sherburne County, northwest of Minneapolis, when she allegedly plowed through the intersection despite someone in her car screaming, "red light, red light!"
Investigators say she never touched her brakes before T-boning her pickup truck into a passing minivan driven by 54-year-old Charles Maurer.
The father of three was airlifted to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries shortly after. His youngest daughter, Cassy, was taken off life support 10 days later after suffering severe head injuries, a family friend said on a GoFundMe page raising money for his family and funeral.
According to one of Bollig's passengers, their deaths could have easily been avoided.
Caysi Jaronske, 17, told investigators that they asked Bollig to stop texting and updating Facebook while driving on at least "eight or nine occasions," according to the report.
She allegedly "refused to comply," however, and after the crash asked her boyfriend, 18-year-old Deven Garlock, to lie about having been the one behind the wheel. Jaronske said she did that because he was the only one who had a valid driver's license.
Initially, state police believed that Garlock was the driver, for reasons not specified, but DNA evidence collected from their smashed pickup truck, such as blood and hair, painted a contrasting seating chart which placed Bollig behind the wheel, according to a search warrant obtained by the Tribune.
A search of the vehicle also reportedly recovered a small amount of synthetic marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
The astonishing new details into the summer tragedy were revealed last week along with Bollig's charges of two counts each of criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation, texting and driving, and driving without a valid license.
Maurer's oldest daughter and her friend, both 15, were also wounded in the crash but survived their injuries. All three of Bollig's friends were also injured, state police said.
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Originally Posted by Nic B
is wrong with people??
how fast was this bitch driving?!?
Don't like what I have to say? I respect that. Go fuck yourself.