DULUTH — A 47-year-old Tofte, Minn., woman died of injuries she suffered after a rock crashed through her windshield May 5 as she drove south on Hwy. 61 in Two Harbors.
The rock hit the hood of Kay Spielman's truck, about 2 p.m. near the Burlington Bay Campground, before it went through the windshield and struck her, according to the Two Harbors Police Department.
Passersby attempted to open her vehicle to help before emergency response arrived, police said. She was brought to a hospital in Duluth, where she later died.
Police continue to investigate but said it was an isolated incident, and they don't believe the softball-sized rock was thrown at Spielman's truck.
During a news conference Tuesday, Two Harbors Police Chief Rick Hogenson called the efforts of the citizens who tried to assist, "a real and true showing of other people trying to help others in need."
