FILLMORE COUNTY, Minn. (FOX 9) - A 37-year-old woman was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for the September 2023 crash involving an Amish buggy that killed two children near Stewartville.

Samantha Petersen pleads guilty

What we know:

Samantha Petersen pleaded guilty back in July, admitting she was driving a vehicle that crashed into the back of the Amish buggy. She also admitted to being high on methamphetamine at the time of the crash.

She filed a petition to enter a guilty plea on one count each of criminal vehicular homicide while under the influence and criminal vehicular operation causing great bodily harm while under the influence of a controlled substance.

Petersen was facing 21 criminal charges in connection with the Sept. 25, 2023, crash in Fillmore County.

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