A man is charged with being drunk behind the wheel when he fatally struck a 72-year-old woman in a crosswalk, and then left the scene near White Bear Lake on Thursday.
Christopher Olson, 46, of White Bear Lake, is charged with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide following the collision around 4:20 p.m. at Birch Lake Boulevard North and White Bear Parkway in White Bear Township.
A criminal complaint filed against Olson alleges the victim was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a Kia Telluride that traveled through the crosswalk without slowing or braking, sending her 30 yards in the air before landing on the pavement…