The St. Paul man accused of causing a fatal seven-car pileup in Minneapolis on Wednesday has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide, with charges alleging he was driving around 100 mph shortly before the crash.
Talon Walker, 29, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly causing the major crash just off eastbound I-94 near Lyndale Avenue, that left Natalie Gubbay, 26, of Minneapolis, dead and nine people injured.
According to the charges, Minnesota State Patrol troopers found numerous cars with significant damage and multiple people with minor to severe injuries when they were called to the scene at 9:15 p.m.
After talking to witnesses, officers learned Walker had been driving his Chevy Avalanche down the exit road from I-94 east, heading toward Dunwoody Boulevard, and was approaching cars that were slowing due to traffic.
As Walker approached Dunwoody Boulevard, he sideswiped a Jeep Cherokee and then crashed directly into the back of a Ford Edge, sparking a chain reaction that saw several other vehicles including a Nissan Versa, a Toyota RAV4, and an Audi Q5 struck.