State Patrol: Impaired Driving Suspected In Crash That Killed Mother Of 3
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Minnesota State Patrol says impaired driving is suspected in a two-vehicle crash that killed a woman who was driving with three young children Tuesday evening in Foley.
According to the state patrol, the crash occurred on Highway 23 at 11th Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. There, a GMC Yukon was traveling westbound on the highway when it crossed the center line and struck a Chevy Tahoe driving the opposite way.
The driver of the Chevy, 34-year-old Lindsay Marie Cardinal of Foreston, was killed in the crash. Two passengers, ages 1 and 4, suffered non-life threatening injuries. Another passenger, age 5, was not injured.
Related: A GoFundMe page has been set up for the Cardinal family.
The state patrol says alcohol and/or drugs are suspected to have impaired the driver of the GMC, identified as 29-year-old Kevin Gordon Couch of Milaca. He was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
According to court records, Couch has DWI convictions from 2006 and 2009, as well as fleeing police and domestic assault felonies. Also, his license is revoked as a result of failure to pay child support.
A passenger in the GMC, identified as 24-year-old Nicole Dawn Schmidt, also of Milaca, suffered life-threatening injuries.