Hector
CRIME & SAFETY
Hector woman killed in weekend crash in Renville County
(Hector MN-) The Renville County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal crash that happened Sunday afternoon northeast of Hector. At 3:34 p.m. Sunday they got a 911 call about a one vehicle crash near the intersection of County Road 22 and 850th Avenue, 5 miles northeast of Hector. Emergency responders found a pickup resting on it's top at the bottom of a creek bank, but not in the water. There were two people inside, and emergency crews removed the driver, 40-year-old Nikolaus Beglau of Hector and passenger Katie Dupre, age 36 of Hector. Despite life-saving efforts, Dupre died at the scene. Beglau was flown by air ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center and his current condition is unknown. Investigators believe Beglau had been northbound on County Road 22 when he entered the ditch, went airborne and the pickup landed on it's roof on the opposite side of the creek.
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