A teen driver who profanely shot down requests to stop texting killed the driver of another car and his ten-year-old daughter when she ran a red light and T-boned the vehicle, prosecutors claim.
Carlee Bollig, 17, of Little Falls, Minnesota, was charged last week with two counts each of vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation, texting and driving and driving without a valid license.
In the July 21 crash, 54-year-old Charles Maurer and his daughter Cassy were killed after their van was T-boned by a pick-up at around 8pm at an intersection between Becker and Big Lake, Minnesota.
Cassy's 16-year old sister, Alenita, and her friend Alora Nelson, 15, of Becker, were also injured in the crash.
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Charles Maurer, 54, and his ten-year-old daughter Cassy, pictured here in an undated photograph, were killed after their van was T-boned by Carlee Bollig, prosecutors allege
The four teens in the pick-up - Bollig, her boyfriend Deven Garlock, 18, and friends Caysi Jaronski, 17, and George Saldana, 18 - all suffered injuries too.
Jaronske told investigators that she had told Bollig to stop texting while driving on at least 'eight or nine occasions' on the driving trip from St Cloud, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
But Bollig 'refused to comply' and told her friend she 'didn't care if she crashed' and told her friend to 'f*** off', according to a search warrant affidavit filed three weeks after the crash.
Someone in the vehicle yelled 'red light, red light!' before the pickup drove through an intersection, the juvenile charging petition read.
Bollig never applied the brakes, investigators determined and the pickup truck then T-boned Maurer's van on the driver's side, prosecutors allege.
An investigation revealed that Bollig sent and received 'multiple electronic messages' on Facebook through her phone in the eight minutes leading up to the crash, the compliant read.
Charles Maurer died at North memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale on the night of the crash. Cassy, who would have entered fifth grade this fall, suffered severe head injuries and died ten days later.
The July 21 crash happened at about 8pm at the intersection of Highway 10 and County Road 11 (pictured) between Becker and Big Lake, Minnesota
Passengers in Bollig's car had told her to stop texting while driving and shouted 'red light!' before she drove through the intersection (pictured), the juvenile charging petition said
A fundraising page has been organized on GoFundMe on behalf of the Maurer family.
When Bollig was questioned, she acted upon her mother's advice to not answer questions, the affidavit said.
Ten days after the crash on July 31, however, Jaronske told a trooper that Bollig and Saldana plotted to say Garlock was the driver because he was the only one in the vehicle with a valid driver's license, the court document read.
On the same day, a DNA from Bollig and Garlock was compared to blood and hair inside the pickup truck to determine who was seated where at the time of the crash.
A search of the car also revealed a bag belonging to Bollig that contained a small amount of synthetic marijuana, a scale and a smoking pipe, according to the affidavit. Another pipe was found in the front passenger seat.
A cellphone was found near the brake pedal, the court document read.
In 2014, 3,200 texting-while-driving citations were issued in Minnesota, up 278 per cent from 2010.
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