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Ramsey County officials are pressing a criminal vehicular homicide charge against the Minneapolis man who 

crashed his car through a Metro Transit bus

Police say Tyler Randall Bjelland, 26, got into a minor collision in St. Paul's Frogtown neighborhood and was fleeing the sceneat high speed along Charles Avenue when he hit a concrete median and smashed through the bus. 

One passenger was killed on impact, another is in critical condition. Several more suffered minor injuries.

Ramsey County Attorney John Choi called the crash "horrific" and "disturbing."

The violence of the automobile

"We will do everything we can to ensure that justice is done in this case," Choi said.

Bjelland was initially brought to the hospital with leg injuries after the crash. He's set to appear in Ramsey County court Tuesday afternoon.

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Tyler Randall Bjelland has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide after crashing his car through a Metro Transit bus Friday night in St. Paul.

The car that was run through a Route 65 Metro Transit bus.

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The Route 65 Metro Transit bus after a car ran through it.

Minneapolis man charged in deadly crash with Metro Transit bus

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