No charges against Minn. officer in fatal crash
NEW ULM, Minn. (AP) -- A New Ulm police officer won't face charges for a fatal squad car crash last summer.
A Brown County grand jury declined to indict Officer Matthew Rasmussen after hearing evidence this week.
Special prosecutor, Redwood County Attorney Steven Collins, says the grand jury considered a number of felony and misdemeanor counts but issued a ``no-bill'' on each count.
The Journal reports Collins says the grand jury result does not affect any potential civil lawsuits stemming from the crash.
Eighty-two-year-old Myra Meyer of New Ulm and her 60-year-old son, Brian Wichmann of Mankato, died last July after their Mercury Sable was struck by a squad car driven by Rasmussen. The accident report says Meyer was trying to turn left into a driveway when the car was hit.
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