A 72-year-old woman struck and killed last week in White Bear Township by a motorist whose blood-alcohol level allegedly was nearly two times the legal limit to drive has been identified by law enforcement as Debra Lee Lenzmeier of White Bear Lake.
Lenzmeier was hit while crossing White Bear Parkway at Birch Lake Boulevard North around 4:22 p.m. and died at the scene.
Christopher Ronald Olson, 46, left the scene but turned himself in to White Bear Lake police about 20 minutes after the collision. Olson, of White Bear Lake, admitted to having drunk alcohol and registered a 0.14 BAC on a preliminary breath test, according to charges filed Friday in Ramsey County District Court.
Olson was released from jail Friday after posting a $500,000 bond, which includes conditions. He’s due back in court April 17.
Lenzmeier had retired from 3M after working for the Maplewood-based company for 35 years, her online obituary says. In retirement, she kept busy with jobs that “filled her time and heart as they allowed her to connect with people,” the obituary says. “Always with a smile on her face, the customers knew her and requested her by name.”
Lenzmeier’s survivors include her husband of 45 years, Bob, three children, six grandchildren and two siblings.
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