Crime & Safety

3-Year-Old Girl Remains On Life Support Days After Wrong-Way Crash That Killed Her Dad: 'She Is A Fighter'

The possibly-drunk driver traveled more than six miles in the wrong direction on I-694 before hitting Alex and Nevaeh Ripka in Oakdale.

OAKDALE, Minn. — A little girl is fighting for her life nearly a week after she and her father were in a tragic wrong-way crash.

Alex Ripka was killed in that crash while on his way to help out on a friend's farm.

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