A 21-year-old Minneapolis man had a blood-alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit when he allegedly sped through a red light and rammed his car into another in Brooklyn Center, killing both people in the other vehicle.
Yeng Vue was charged on Tuesday with two counts of criminal vehicular operation. According to the criminal complaint, Vue told a State Patrol trooper that he had been drinking beer and hard liquor Saturday at a friend's house in Minneapolis before the crash on 57th Avenue N. near Hwy. 100.
A breath test at the scene registered Vue's blood-alcohol content at 0.182 percent. The legal definition for drunken driving in Minnesota is 0.08 percent.
Killed in the fiery crash were Jessica Vallis, 21, of Brooklyn Center, and George Kaffey, 22, of Bloomington.
Vue also was wanted on warrants in connection with a drunken-driving charge in Hennepin County in July -- when he wasn't yet legally old enough to drink -- and for driving after having his license suspended, court records show.
The victims' car had just exited Hwy. 100 on 57th when the crash happened.
Vue and his passenger, Choua Yang, 29, of Brooklyn Center, were slightly hurt.
Vue "mumbled mostly incoherent responses to questions" from a Brooklyn Center police officer, according to the criminal complaint. Yang, who owned the car that Vue was driving, was walking away from the scene when police stopped him, the complaint continued. He was jailed briefly and hasn't been charged with a crime.
