A southeastern Minnesota woman charged in a hit-and-run collision with a horse-drawn Amish buggy told a sheriff’s deputy she had hit a deer when she was pulled over shortly after the February crash.
Brittany Nicole Edgar, 32, of Spring Valley faces a felony charge of criminal vehicular operation causing substantial bodily harm; gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation, leaving the scene of a collision; misdemeanor charges of leaving the scene of an accident; careless driving; failure to provide proof of insurance; and providing false information to an officer.
Fillmore County sheriff’s deputies responded to a crash after a motorist struck an Amish buggy near Spring Valley on County Road 1 shortly after 10 p.m. Feb. 16. Six of the nine buggy occupants were hospitalized. Two were children with serious injuries.
According to the criminal complaint:
A deputy responding to the crash spotted Edgar driving a white 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix with front-end damage. The deputy stopped Edgar in Spring Valley. She said she had hit a deer while driving to her parents’ Spring Valley home. At the time, the deputy believed the driver of the car involved in the buggy collision was still at the site of the crash, so he let Edgar go and continued on to the scene.
Deputies found parts of a white bumper at the scene and connected the debris to Edgar’s vehicle. She later again told investigators she had hit a deer but later admitted that she had hit the buggy.
In September, two children were killed when an SUV struck an Amish buggy on County Road 1 near Spring Valley. Two 35-year-old sisters, who are identical twins, were later charged with trying to swap their identities to conceal who was driving.
Related Articles
St. Paul man found guilty of ‘heinous’ murder at downtown light-rail platform
Minnesota man caught in sex sting and accused of attempted bestiality pleads guilty to solicitation
St. Paul man sentenced for setting off pipe bomb after dispute over his father’s ashes
DNA leads to suspect in decade-old Maplewood kidnapping and sexual assault
Death of man found on St. Paul sidewalk ruled homicide
Leave a Reply