patching...
Welcome back, Patch Blogger!

I 35 Fatal Crash

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Friends, Loved Ones of Crash Victims Return to Makeshift Memorial

A simple wooden cross, flowers and balloons mark the spot where the car in which Frederick Alexander and Alesha Roehl rolled off of Buckhill Road toward I-35 Tuesday afternoon.

Friends and loved ones of Frederick Alexander and Alesha Roehl returned Wednesday to the spot where the two teenagers lost their lives the previous day. A makeshift memorial marks the place where the car in which Alexander, 16, and Roehl, 17, were riding in careened off Buck Hill Road toward its landing spot on Interstate 35 just north of the Burnsville-Lakeville border Tuesday afternoon. Alexander and Roehl, who weren’t wearing seatbelts, were thrown from the car. Alexander, of Burnsville, died at the scene of the 2:30 p.m. crash. Roehl, of Northfield, died a few hours later at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. A few pieces of the Toyota Camry’s trim—including a rearview mirror and a chuck of a rear tail light cover—were …

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Two Teens Die, Three Hurt in Crash

The deceased youngsters were ejected when the car they were riding in drove off Buck Hill Road, rolled down the embankment and landed in the southbound lanes of I-35.

A second teenager has died as result of a single-vehicle crash near the Lakeville-Burnsville border Tuesday afternoon. Alesha K. Roehl, 17, of Northfield was pronounced dead at 7:42 p.m. Tuesday at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, according to a Minnesota State Patrol media release. Roehl was one of two passengers who were ejected from a 1992 Toyota Camry that lost control heading south on Buck Hill Road, rolled down the embankment and landed on the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 just north of County Road 46. The other passenger thrown from the car, 16-year-old Frederick J. Alexander of Burnsville, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2:29 p.m. crash. In all, five teens were in the car when it crashed, according to the …

Zoey towns

9:13 pm on Sunday, August 26, 2012

I know joshua..and i didnt know others but i live walking distance from the crash..thinking about it makes me want to cry..they will be missed.   more ›

Got a Hot Tip?