Man pleads to charges in drunk driving crash that killed coach's baby
Minnesota News-- A Starbuck man pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide charges stemming from a head-on collision in Pope County that killed a 5-month-old boy.
GLENWOOD, Minn. — A Starbuck man pleaded guilty Tuesday to vehicular homicide charges stemming from a head-on collision in Pope County that killed a 5-month-old boy.
Dana Allen Schoen, 38, pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal vehicular homicide or operation for causing the July 28 motor vehicle crash. According to the Minnesota State Patrol and the complaint, a preliminary breath test, showed Schoen blood alcohol content of 0.351 percent, more than four times the legal limit.
The pleas were entered in Pope County District Court. Schoen will be sentenced Jan. 25.
The crash that killed Drake Bigler also injured the boy’s parents and great-grandmother. The boy’s father, Brad Bigler, is the men’s basketball coach at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
Courtesy of The West Central Tribune.
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