Mom Charged After Letting 15-year-old Drive, Killing Woman on Sidewalk

ROCKFORD, Minn. (FOX 9) – A Wright County woman faces felony charges after allegedly letting her 15-year-old daughter drive, leading to a crash that killed one pedestrian and seriously injured another in Rockford in May.

According to a criminal complaint, Charlotte Free Breton is charged with aiding and abetting criminal vehicular homicide and criminal vehicular operation resulting in substantial bodily harm.

Deputies say Breton allowed her daughter, who had just turned 15 and did not have a permit, to drive the family van.

Witnesses told deputies the van failed to make a right turn, jumped the curb, and struck two women walking on the sidewalk before crashing into a house.

According to the charges, Breton told deputies, “The crash was her fault as she told her daughter to drive.”