A woman is suspected of driving under the influence in a single vehicle rollover crash Saturday night in Maplewood that killed a small child, according to the state patrol.
The state patrol said they believed alcohol was involved in the 6:25 p.m. crash in which the driver, a 28-year-old St. Paul woman, lost control of a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe while taking the exit from eastbound Highway 36 to southbound Highway 61.
A state patrol report said the woman lost control of her vehicle while driving at a “high rate of speed.” The vehicle flipped and rolled into a ditch where it was submerged in one to two feet of water.
The child, believed to be one year old or younger, was extricated from under the overturned vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, along with two other children, ages 5 and 6, and a 32-year-old Mounds View man were taken to Regions Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
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