Minneapolis police have arrested a 38-year old woman in connection with a crash that killed two women earlier this week.
It happened Monday morning around 10:20 at Emerson and 26th Avenues North, where two cars collided killing two women inside one of the cars. The vehicle traveling east on 26th veered off the road and into a bus shelter where it struck a 17-year-old boy.
Teniki Steward was the driver who caused the crash. After being released from the hospital, she was booked into the Hennepin County Jail facing charges of criminal vehicular homicide.
Steward was driving without a license.
“This is a terrible crash that has impacted multiple families, said Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara. "It's heartbreaking and tragic that two people were killed and three others were injured in the blink of an eye. While the cause of this crash is still under investigation, I want to emphasize the importance for every driver to drive at safe speeds and say hyper focused and engaged while operating a motor vehicle.”
The two women who died have been identified as 53-year old Esther Jean Fulks and 57-year old Rose Elaine Reece.
The 17-year-old boy waiting for a bus to school was transported to a Hennepin Healthcare Hospital with apparent non-life-threatening injuries.
Friend Sam Morningstar says they have planned a vigil for Sunday to honor the women.
"The people who lost their lives this past week in Minneapolis and North Minneapolis, they were my friends," he says. "That's why we're holding it, a group of us, friends, coworkers, and family."