GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (KFGO KVRR) – Family, friends and law enforcement officers were in Grand Rapids Friday to attend the funeral for Minnesota Conservation Officer Sarah Grell.
Grell died in a crash near Grand Rapids while on duty Monday morning. She was on an Itasca County road when a semi collided with the driver’s door of her pickup.
Grell was 39. She had served as a DNR officer since 2005. Her uncle, father and grandfather also worked as conservation officers. She was married with three children.
The semi driver was a 42-year-old Grand Rapids man. He was not hurt.
The crash is being investigated by the Minnesota State patrol.
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