A judge sentenced a Hastings man to 10 months in jail and 10 years of probation for causing a collision that killed a mother and daughter when a massive boulder fell from his dump truck and slammed into their car in Rosemount.
Dakota County District Judge Arlene Perkkio on Tuesday stayed a prison sentence of nearly five years for Joseph Paul Czeck, as long as the 34-year-old remains law-abiding during his probation. Czeck, who was also ordered to pay restitution, was taken into custody Tuesday to begin his jail sentence.
Czeck pleaded guilty to two counts of felony criminal vehicular homicide last month for the deaths of Karen Christiansen, 67, and Jena Christiansen, 32, both of Shoreview.
Prosecutors say surveillance video captured from businesses before the July 9, 2018, crash show that several rocks in the back of Czeck’s truck were not secure.
“We are pleased to have brought this man to justice for this easily preventable crime on our roads which tragically claimed two lives in our community,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said in a Tuesday statement.
Prosecutors say Czeck knew the boulder — estimated to weigh more than 1,100 pounds — fell off his dump truck and caused the crash, but drove away and did not return to the scene, according to a criminal complaint.
The boulder became dislodged from Czeck’s truck after he crossed over railroad tracks while driving south on Rich Valley Boulevard near 125th Street.
It bounced along the road, crossed the center lane and crashed through the windshield of a Toyota Avalon headed north on Rich Valley Boulevard. Karen Christiansen, who was driving, and her daughter, who was in the front seat, both died at the scene from head trauma.
Czeck drove away.
Investigators went to construction sites and at one, off Minnesota 3 in the Inver Grove Heights-Eagan area, a contractor identified the truck as belonging to Czeck Services, a landscaping company. The contractor said Czeck was there the day of the crash and picking up boulders, according to the complaint.
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