WASHINGTON COUNTY, MN. (THECOUNT) — Michael Schweiger, of Roseville, Minnesota, has been identified as the victim in a Tuesday fatal vehicle crash in Washington County.
Schweiger, 17, was killed in an early Thursday morning single-vehicle crash that also injured two teenage passengers.
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According to reports, Schweiger was operating a vehicle on Highway 36 in Lake Elmo, when the vehicle entered a cordoned off construction zone and made contact with a mound of dirt around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle then flipped over.
Two teenage passengers, a 16 and 17-year-old, suffered non-life threatening injuries in the wreck.
Schweiger, who was ejected from the vehicle, died of injuries suffered in the crash.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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geo quick facts: Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 267,568, making it the fifth-most populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Stillwater – Wikipedia.