Crime & Safety
Minnetonka Woman Drives into Lone Lake
Witnesses said they saw the woman accelerating toward a tree before her SUV went into the water.
Hennepin County deputies andMinnetonka police are investigating an incident in which a vehicle went into Lone Lake in Minnetonka, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.
Witnesses told deputies at 2:40 p.m. that they saw a woman driving an SUV and accelerating across the parking lot toward a large tree. The SUV missed the tree and went in the lake in a few feet of water so that the water covered the vehicle’s tires.
Minnetonka police, Minnetonka Fire Department and the Sheriff’s Office responded.
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The woman in the vehicle was found to be a Minnetonka resident. She was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center.
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