A 19-year-old man was killed and his passenger received life-threatening injuries in a crash Saturday when two vehicles ran off the road in Eagan. The driver of the other vehicle was impaired by alcohol, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
Authorities say Reed Robert Schultz of Savage was driving a 2021 Jeep Compass southbound on Minnesota 149.
A 20-year-old man from White Bear Lake was driving a 2007 Honda Accord in the same direction when both vehicles crossed into the northbound lanes of Minnesota 149 before the Minnesota 55 intersection. The Jeep crashed into a light pole at the intersection and the Honda landed in the southeast ditch.
Schultz was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul, where he died from his injuries, per the crash report.
His passenger, an 18-year-old man from Edina, suffered life-threatening injuries and is receiving treatment at Regions Hospital.
The crash report says the man from White Bear Lake was driving under the influence of alcohol. He received non-life-threatening injuries.
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