Minnesota: Austin Hilden charged with DUI homicide of Axton Whitfield; three other passengers injured

Axton D. Whitfield killed in DUI crash by Austin D. Hilden St. Louis Sheriff MN May 29, 2017

Austin Hilden charged with DUI homicide of Axton Whitfield; three other passengers injured

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From WCCO

05/30/2017 — According to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Austin Hilden is being investigated for driving while under the influence, criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation.

The sheriff’s office said deputies responded to a one vehicle accident just before 4 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Canosia Road and West Arrowhead Road in Solway Township.

At the scene, deputies found an overturned vehicle. Nineteen-year-old passenger Axton Whitfield was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.

Terrance Wenzel was injured in booze cruise fatal crash Duluth Minn May 29, 2017

Hilden and three other passengers – 20-year-old Colin Ganem, 19-year-old Terrance Wenzel, and 20-year-old Dallas Vrooman – were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.   MORE

Dallas Vrooman @DallasV_218 7h7 hours ago

Can’t stop the tears… how are you gone. R.I.P to the nicest most caring man I’ve ever met. it doesn’t seem real.

 

From WDIO

One teen is dead and four others are injured after a crash in Solway Township in the early morning hours of Memorial Day.

The St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office responded around 3:50 a.m. Monday to a report of a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of Canosia Road and West Arrowhead Road. Upon arrival, deputies located five occupants that were riding in a vehicle that left the roadway and was overturned.

A 19-year-old passenger was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have identified the victim as Axton Whitfield. Four others were transported to local hospitals with injuries that appear to be not life threatening.   MORE