An investigator told KFGO radio, the 18-year-old driver was traveling 78 miles-per-hour when she lost control and collided with an oncoming SUV near Alexandria in February. The State Patrol says winter weather was also a factor in the fatal crash that killed the four young women from the Twin Cities area.

Four young women from the metro area were killed on I-94 while driving in heavy snowfall near Alexandria on Monday. The State Patrol identified them as Lauren Peterson, 18, of Prior Lake, Jordan Playle, 19, of Elk River, Megan Sample, 18, of Rogers and Danielle Renninger, 18, of Excelsior. The four freshman were reportedly traveling from the Twin Cities back to school.

Matthew Zocher was piloting from Mankato's airport en route to his family's home in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving when his aircraft went down in a wooded area. The 24-year-old aviation student at Mankato State University was the only passenger.

A 26-year-old soldier killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 13 was a student at Minnesota State University Mankato. Sgt. Kyle B. Osborn of Lafayette, Indiana was a civil engineering student but dropped out after two years to join the military. Funeral services will be held in Indiana.

Saturday Night Live made fun of the story out of North Dakota last week involving a 19-year-old football player that claims he was kicked off his college football team for being gay.

Hundreds gathered on the campus of North Dakota State to remember the four young women who died on I-94 near Alexandria while driving back to the university.