More than a year since an Arden Hills collision killed two teens and severely injured another, investigators think the answer to its cause may be locked in a cellphone.
Since a Maple Grove woman’s SUV collided into the vehicle carrying three Mounds View High School students at an Arden Hills intersection, investigators are seeking access to her phone to determine if she was using it at the time of the crash.
The prosecution and defense in the case are stuck in a dispute over whether there are legal grounds to compel Rachel Kayl, 32, to unlock the device.
Kayl was charged last May in Ramsey County District Court with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide, two counts of second-degree manslaughter and one count of criminal vehicular operation. The State Patrol says her Chevrolet Trailblazer was traveling between 77 and 85 mph before striking the teens’ vehicle.
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