Affidavit: Driver on video call, drunk when he caused crash that killed couple

A 32-year-old driver was on a video call and extremely drunk when he set off a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 694 that killed a couple in a car, according to newly filed court documents.

Luis E. Tipantuna Quinchiguano, of Minneapolis, remains held in lieu of $500,000 bail after being charged in Ramsey County District Court with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide in connection with the three-vehicle wreck on Feb. 16 in Arden Hills on I-694 near Snelling Avenue. Karin Leigh O'Connor, 74, and Curtis John O'Connor, 76, both of New Brighton, died in the crash.

Tipantuna Quinchiguano was heading west on I-694 in his SUV about 8:45 a.m., when he swerved from the right lane to the left shoulder, overcorrected and spun out. He then crossed a ditch and struck the O'Connors' car, the State Patrol said.

https://www.startribune.com/affidavit-driver-on-video-call-drunk-when-he-caused-chain-reaction-i-694-crash-that-killed-couple/600355514/