Orono man pleads guilty in high-speed crash on Lake Minnetonka road that killed two, including son of Gophers coach

An Orono man pleaded guilty Tuesday to being drunk when he drove nearly 100 miles an hour on a Lake Minnetonka road last summer and killed two passengers in a crash.

James D. Blue, 52, who was scheduled to go on trial in two weeks, instead pleaded guilty in Hennepin County District Court to two counts of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the deaths of Mack Motzko, 20, and Sam Schuneman, 24, on July 24 after the car Blue was driving crashed into a wooded area near his Orono home.

Blue had a blood alcohol content of 0.175%. Gummies containing THC - the psychoactive compound in marijuana - several crushed white pills and five green capsules were found in his pocket, the charges read. The legal limit for driving in Minnesota is 0.08%.

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