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Jessica Mador and Madeleine Baran
St. Paul, Minn.

Police: Driver in crash that killed 6 was drunk

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Crashed Pontiac
This photo, released by the Minnesota State Patrol, shows a Pontiac Grand Am that was involved in a fatal crash that killed six people in Cambridge, Minn.
Photo Courtesy of the Minnesota State Patrol

One of the drivers involved in a crash that killed six young people in Cambridge this spring was drunk, Minnesota State Patrol officials said Tuesday.

Josh Netzel, 24, of Sandstone, had a blood alcohol level of .24 -- three times the legal limit.

Netzel was driving on Highway 95 in Isanti County when it collided head-on with a car driven by 16-year-old SeBrina Schumacher. Netzel and his passenger were killed. Schumacher was the lone survivor in her vehicle.

State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske said alcohol undoubtedly played a role in the accident.

"It demonstrates the tragic circumstances that we see all too often when people get behind the wheel after drinking too much," he said.

Officials have not released the final toxicology report on the other driver.

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Crash site memorial
In this Sunday April 25, 2010 photo, Cambridge resident Curt Johnson places flowers along a highway where six people were killed in a two-car crash on the road about a half-mile west of downtown Cambridge, Minn. The State Patrol says alcohol may have been a factor in a Minnesota car crash that killed six people, including three teenagers. Johnson's grandchildren were friends with at least one of the teens killed.
AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, Chris Polydoroff
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Crashed Pontiac
This photo, released by the Minnesota State Patrol, shows a Pontiac Grand Am that was involved in a fatal crash that killed six people in Cambridge, Minn.
Photo Courtesy of the Minnesota State Patrol
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Community memorial
Attendees of a community service for the victims of a deadly auto accident gathered outside Cambridge-Isanti High School in Cambridge Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson