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Judge orders convicted St. Paul driver to visit graves of victims

Twenty-two-year-old Brittany Mertz was convicted of careless driving, a misdemeanor, in a 2008 crash that killed a woman and two children in Dakota County. A judge is ordering her visit the victims' graves on the crash anniversary.
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Twenty-two-year-old Brittany Mertz was convicted of careless driving, a misdemeanor, in a 2008 crash that killed a woman and two children in Dakota County. A judge is ordering her visit the victims' graves on the crash anniversary.

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