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A crash last month in Fillmore County along Minnesota's southern border claimed the lives of two young members of the Miller family: Irma, right, and Wilma, second from right. The sisters were in a buggy on their way to school when an SUV hit them from behind. In the buggy and injured were brother Allan, second from left, and sister Rose (not pictured).
A 35-year-old woman was charged Monday with trying to deceive law enforcement into believing her identical twin was actually the SUV driver who hit an Amish buggy last fall in southeastern Minnesota, killing two of the four children on the horse-drawn vehicle.
Samantha Jo Petersen, of Kellogg, Minn., was charged in Fillmore County District Court with eight counts each of criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation, two gross misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and a handful of misdemeanors..
The crash involving a silver SUV and a buggy belonging to the Miller family occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sept. 25 along southbound County Road 1. Killed were Wilma, 7, and Irma, 11. Hospitalized in Rochester for treatment were Allan, 9, and Rose, 13. The four children were riding to school at the time of the crash, with Rose holding the reins, a family friend said.
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