A passenger in a stolen minivan involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash last month in north Minneapolis was snatched from the wreckage and driven to the hospital before police arrived, according to a criminal complaint.
Cardle Lee Brown-Jones, 19, of Bloomington, was charged Monday in Hennepin County District Court with aiding an offender after the fact in connection with the death of pedestrian Sean M. Gist, 52, of Minneapolis, at about 1:20 a.m. July 29 in the 4600 block of N. Lyndale Avenue.
A nationwide warrant has been issued for Brown-Jones' arrest.
The unidentified driver ran from the scene and remains at large, police said.
According to the complaint:
The southbound minivan hit Gist as he was running across Lyndale, then hit a semitrailer truck heading north. The trucker estimated the other vehicle was traveling at least 45 miles per hour.
A man who had just parted from Gist after they were at a bar said he saw the minivan swerving and going about 80 mph before hitting Gist.
An SUV arrived and young males "with guns on their hips" helped Brown-Jones out of the van's front passenger window, the complaint read.
