New details emerge in Highway 12 crash that killed father of three

The police have released more information about what happened the night Destin Michael Ertel was killed while driving along U.S. Highway 12.

Ertel, a father of three from Montrose, died in a head-on collision at about 10:06 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, near Lake Haughey Road in Independence.

He died after his 2022 Kia Forte collided with a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by Charles Darland of Bloomington. Police at the time said they did not know who crossed the median line…

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