A second teenager has died after an Eagan crash in which the Minnesota State Patrol suspects drivers were racing each other, according to a court document filed this week.
Troopers responded to Minnesota 55 and Minnesota 149 about 11:20 p.m. June 14.
Multiple videos that captured the crash showed a Jeep Compass, Honda Accord and Dodge Durango heading south on Minnesota 149. Witnesses reported they “were together and had been racing at high speeds which led to the crash,” according to a search warrant affidavit.
The three vehicles were traveling over 100 mph in the 45 mph zone when the drivers of the Jeep and Honda lost control and went over the median into the northbound lanes of the highway just before the Minnesota 55 intersection, the affidavit said.
The Jeep struck a traffic light pole at the northeast corner of the intersection and split in half. The Honda continued through the intersection and landed in the southeast ditch.
The driver and passenger in the Jeep were both found unconscious and taken by ambulance to Regions Hospital.
The 19-year-old driver, Reed Robert Schultz of Savage, died soon after. He graduated from Burnsville High School in 2024 and was working for a landscaping company in Shakopee “as he was finding what direction he wanted to take into adulthood,” his obituary said.
The 18-year-old passenger, Finnian Thomas Cronin of Edina, died at the hospital on July 1, according to a separate search warrant affidavit, which was filed Monday for his hospital medical records.
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The Honda’s driver left the scene. Troopers identified the registered owner as a 20-year-old from White Bear Lake. They contacted him and he said he was on the way to the hospital. Troopers found him at M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, where he said he had collarbone pain.
The 20-year-old told troopers he had been driving. He “did not call 911, provide medical care to the injured parties, or stay on scene,” the affidavit said. He said he drove 90 mph, drank alcohol and had been a “dumb (expletive),” the affidavit continued.
The investigation is ongoing.
Nick Ferraro contributed to this report.
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