Two killed in car crashes; driver hurt last month dies

Last update: November 7, 2009 - 10:41 PM

A 27-year-old Minneapolis man died Friday in a one-car rollover crash on Interstate 35 in Pine County, the State Patrol said.

Also Friday, a South Dakota teenager was killed in a crash in southwestern Minnesota. And authorities announced that a 63-year-old man from Savage who crashed his car south of Chaska last month died of his injuries.

In the Pine County crash, a 2002 Jeep two-door wagon driven by Chad E. Nelson was headed north on I-35 at about 80 miles per hour when it passed a witness at about 9:30 a.m., the patrol said.

The Jeep moved to the right lane, drifted onto the right shoulder and Nelson overcorrected, losing control and going into the median, the patrol said. The Jeep rolled three times and stopped on the west side of southbound I-35 right under Pine County Road 43. Nelson suffered injuries and died at the scene, the State Patrol said.

On Friday night, Tina Sandbulte, 17, of Garretson, S.D., was killed in a one-vehicle crash south of Beaver Creek, Minn. Sandbulte lost control of her vehicle at the intersection of 61st Street and 80th Avenue, causing it to roll, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Office. Sandbulte, who was thrown from the vehicle, died at the scene.

In the crash near Chaska, John L. Holm suffered a broken neck and other injuries when his station wagon left Hwy. 41 shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 12, according to the patrol. The car hit a sign and went airborne into trees. Holm died Oct. 31 at Hennepin County Medical Center, according to the county medical examiner's office.

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