A Grand Rapids' father and son face criminal charges in connection with a hit-and-run traffic accident that killed a pedestrian early Sunday.
Michael Anthony Lane Jr., 21, was charged Monday in Itasca County District Court with criminal vehicular homicide. Michael Anthony Lane Sr., 45, is charged with taking responsibility for criminal acts and aiding an offender.
Joseph Dewayne Olson, 57, of Grand Rapids was fatally injured in the accident shortly after midnight, according to the Grand Rapids Police Department. Olson was hit at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 169 and 13th Avenue N.E. in Grand Rapids. The vehicle that hit Olson then hit another vehicle and fled the scene.
Lane Jr. is accused of driving with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.21 percent, more than double the legal limit to drive.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses said the vehicle Lane was driving did not have its headlights illuminated.
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Lane Sr. initially told police that he was driving the vehicle, but later said he had lied to protect his son. Lane Jr. was being held in the Itasca County Jail on $100,000 bail. Lane Sr. is free on bail.
