The Shakopee High School girls hockey player who died in a two-vehicle collision was riding in a car whose driver failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a larger vehicle with the right of way, police said Thursday.
Dan McCarvel posted on the CaringBridge website that his 17-year-old daughter, senior Mikayla McCarvel, died Tuesday night at HCMC. He indicated that she had suffered a brain injury.
The crash occurred shortly after 8 p.m. Dec. 26 at the intersection of County Road 21 and Tintaocanku, according to police.
McCarvel and three other 17-year-olds, all from Shakopee, were heading east on Tintaocanku in a compact car and were hit by a driver heading south on County Road 21 in a midsize sedan, police said.
Shakopee Police Chief Jeff Tate told the Star Tribune that a 17-year-old girl driving the car with the fellow teenagers did not stop at the sign.
Tate said that any charges in connection with the crash are pending completion of the State Patrol's investigation, which will likely take six months or more.
Tate declined to identify the teen driver. Along with McCarvel, the other 17-year-olds in the car were identified in a police incident report as Lily A. Schuetz and Nicole G. Maenke.
McCarvel was in her second season playing for the Sabers. A moment of silence in her honor was planned for before Shakopee's home game at 7 p.m. Thursday against Eastview.
Schuetz, a senior, is also on the Shakopee hockey team. Tate said she suffered serious injuries that weren't life-threatening. Maenke is a senior on the Shakopee basketball team.
A 26-year-old man from Hastings, Adrian L. Shambow, was driving the southbound vehicle, with passenger Marie C. Girgin, 20, also from Hastings, the captain said.
Tate said others were hurt in the crash, but their injuries were minor.
