BLUE EARTH COUNTY, MN. (THECOUNT) — Susan Marie Quiram, of Elysian, Minnesota, has been identified as the victim in a Thursday night fatal UTV crash in Blue Earth County.
Sue Quiram, 59, was killed while riding as a passenger on a UVT late Thursday night near Mapleton.
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According to reports, Quiram was traveling as a passenger on a Kawasaki UTV operated by a 51-year-old man, when the vehicle exited County Road 7 near 105th Street and wrecked around 11:40 p.m. Thursday. The vehicle then landed on top on Quiram.
The operator of the vehicle was arrested for criminal vehicular homicide and was taken to jail pending possible charges from the Blue Earth County Attorney’s Office, according to the news release.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Blue Earth County is a county in the State of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 64,013. Its county seat is Mankato. The county is named for the Blue Earth River and for the deposits of blue-green clay once evident along the banks of the Blue Earth River – Wikipedia.