Driver of overturned vehicle arrested after waking up in MN field

Dover, Minn. (KROC-AM News) – Deputies arrested a Stewartville woman who said she woke up in a cornfield after a crash in Olmsted County.

Olmsted County Sheriff's Office Capt. Tim Parkin said Tuesday morning that officers responded to the scene of the crash shortly before 1:30 a.m. Friday morning.

Deputies found an overturned vehicle resting on its roof against a utility pole.

The vehicle was towed and a power company responded to the scene to repair the power lines. Parkin said the driver was nowhere to be found.

Stewartville woman arrested after crash, waking up in cornfield near Dover

The crash happened in the 2400 block of County Road. 10 North East, which is just over five miles north of Dover.

Parkin said deputies conducted what he described as an extensive search of the area and found no one.

Around 3 a.m. Friday, dispatch received a report from a 911 caller who said she had been in an accident and had just woken up in a cornfield.

Parkin said the woman's call came from the same area as the crash. Officers returned to the scene and found the woman, identified as 26 years Kelly Mehrkens.

When speaking with Mehrkens, deputies suspected she was under the influence of alcohol, Parkin said. Mehrkens was subsequently arrested on suspicion of DWI and transported to the Olmsted County Jail.

Officers also found nine grams of a suspected amphetamine on Mehrkens during his search, according to the report. Parkin says she could face two counts of third-degree DWI and a drug possession charge.

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