As a police officer in Woodbury, Allan Olson has spent years responding to the aftermath of impaired driving; the crashes, the chaos, the families whose lives were changed in seconds. But this past August, that familiar scene landed terrifyingly close to home.
During a late-summer family trip up north, Allan and his teenage son, Jacob, hopped on the ATV for what should’ve been a quick, fun ride. Instead, an impaired driver struck them head-on and instantly turned a father-son vacation into months of surgeries, physical therapy, and daily challenges the Olsons are still working through.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety recently sat down with the Olsons for an in-depth interview, and they’re now sharing the family’s story to highlight the real cost of impaired driving…