Driver in crash that killed Woodbury man and Oakdale woman charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide

27 September 2023

The driver in a crash this month that killed an Oakdale woman and a Woodbury man has been charged with two counts of criminal vehicular homicide-operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration 0.08 or more.

Darren A. Tenney, 23, of New Richmond, Wis., was charged Monday by the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office and booked into the St. Louis County Jail at 12:11 a.m. Wednesday. According to the criminal complaint, Tenney had a blood-alcohol concentration of .117.

Darren A. Tenney (Courtesy of the St. Louis County sheriff’s office)

Killed in the Sept. 9 crash was Madison “Madi” Warren and Joseph “Joey” Trowbridge, both 23. The two were passengers in a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck driven by Tenney.

The crash occurred around 2:45 a.m. on a curve on County Road 8 in Floodwood Township, Minn., about 45 miles west of Duluth.

Tenney was trapped in the pickup and had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital, officials said.

Deputies learned of the crash after receiving an automated 911 call from an iPhone stating that the owner had been in a severe crash, the sheriff’s office said.

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