A driver was drunk when he sped through a red light at a St. Paul intersection, hit an SUV and killed the other motorist, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.
Paw Moo Htoo, 30, of St. Paul, was charged in Ramsey County District Court with criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the collision Sunday evening at Arlington Avenue W. and Dale Street N. that killed Marvin Martin Scroggins, 42, of St. Paul, police said.
Htoo, of St. Paul, was injured in the crash and remains in the hospital as of Tuesday afternoon. Court records do not list an attorney for him.
According to the complaint:
Firefighters arrived at the crash scene and removed Scroggins from inside his SUV. He was moved to an ambulance and declared dead about 30 minutes after the collision.
Officer spoke with Htoo, who smelled of alcohol as he was seated on the grass nearby. He told police he was not the driver, although he was the only person at the scene associated with his vehicle.
A police search of Htoo’s car turned up nine empty beer cans.
Witnesses told police that they saw Htoo’s car traveling anywhere from 50 to 90 miles per hour on westbound Arlington just before he went through a red light and hit Scroggins’ SUV.
