A young Minnesota man is in hot water for causing a fatal car crash. While the motorist was drunk at the time, it was his father in the passenger seat who died when the driver plowed the car into a tractor. Although his father died, the driver was able to walk away and sit in the grass before his DUI arrest. 

A Minnesota man was twice the legal limit when he crashed into a tractor, killing his dad in the passenger seat

Chance Eugene Keezer was driving a car along with his 53-year-old father, Robert Keezer, in northwestern Minnesota. Keezer lost control of the vehicle at some point, crashing it into a tractor. Unfortunately for everyone involved, Keezer was drunk at the time. 

According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, emergency medical personnel found Keezer healthy enough to “go sit on the grass.” As such, the drunk Minnesota man walked over to a nearby patch of grass and sat down. Ambulance crews pronounced Robert dead on the scene while Keezer sat on the grass. 

After Keezer walked away from the wreck, a sheriff’s deputy administered a breathalyzer test to determine Keezer’s breath alcohol content (BrAC). In Minnesota, like most US states, the legal limit for motorists is 0.08% blood alcohol concentration (BAC).

Keezer, on the other hand, blew a staggering 0.181%, well over twice the legal limit. If that weren’t enough, Keezer is only 20 years old. He’s not even of legal drinking age in the United States. Minnesota has a zero-tolerance policy for underage drinking and driving. Needless to say, Minnesota authorities aren’t taking things easy on the young man.

The Mahnomen County District Court charged Keezer with criminal vehicular homicide after the deadly crash. In the North Star State, such a charge could land Keezer in jail for up to 10 years, per the Law Offices of Lauren Campoli. Fortunately, the 68-year-old tractor driver, who was towing a baler at the time, was uninjured in the crash.