Revised Report: Woman Wasn’t Driving on Shoulder Before Fatal Crash

A Maple Grove woman who died Monday in an Interstate 694 crash was not driving on the shoulder as originally thought, according to a revised State Patrol report.

The State Patrol report initially said Joann E. Rogers, 62, was driving a 1999 Ford Expedition on the right shoulder of I-694, near Shingle Creek Parkway, and that she crashed when she tried to cut over into the right lane and rear-ended a semi that was stopped.

However, the revised report now says she was driving in the right lane, not the shoulder. It says she crashed after she slammed on her brakes and skidded sideways on the right shoulder of the road.

Rogers, who was not wearing a seat belt at the time, died at the time of the crash.

The report does not specify whether the semi driver—56-year-old Kenneth Spaid, of Nissaw—was injured.

The State Patrol report is still listed as incomplete. Patch will have more information as it becomes available.