Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run that killed 23-year-old man in north Minneapolis

A 20-year-old woman has been charged in connection to a fatal hit-and-run incident that happened last week in north Minneapolis.

According to court documents, Aissata Lavonne Dore, from St. Paul, has been charged with one felony count of criminal vehicular homicide. If convicted, Dore faces up to 10 years in prison.

The criminal complaint states on Friday, May 28, officers from the Minneapolis Police Department responded to the intersection of Broadway Avenue West and 26th Avenue North on the report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.

Upon arrival, police found a man on the street. His injuries were consistent with being struck by a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. According to the complaint, officers found a silver Ford Taurus with "obvious and debilitating front end damage" about 15 feet from the victim’s body. Witnesses told authorities at the scene they saw two females run from the Taurus after it collided with the pedestrian.

Woman arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run crash in Minneapolis

The victim, later identified as 23-year-old Kevin Dodge-Fjelbroten, was transported by ambulance to Hennepin County Medical Center, where he was declared deceased.

The vehicle was discovered to be registered to Dore. Her phone was synched to her car at the time of the collision and automatically called 911 when the car detected the collision. The 911 operator opened the line to Dore’s phone and heard two females talking outside the vehicle before the line went silent. Neither female made any attempt to speak to the 911 operator or report the accident, according to the complaint.

Soon after the time of the collision, Dore reported her car was stolen the night before after she left it unlocked. She also claimed she left her phone and keys in her unlocked car. When officers requested that Dore come to speak to them regarding her car, she failed to show at multiple appointments made with police.

Later, Dore admitted to investigators that the car involved in the collision was hers and she was behind the wheel at the time of the incident. Additionally, she admitted to fleeing the scene. After reviewing surveillance footage, officers determined she was traveling at a high rate of speed "far above" other cars traveling in the area at the time of the crash.