Dad charged after 10-year-old daughter took pal for ATV ride that ended in crash killing both girls

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Prosecutors say 54-year-old Lance Koeckeritz was working inside a trailer on his property when his daughter and a friend rolled an adult-sized ATV.

AFTON, Minn. — An Afton man is charged with manslaughter and child endangerment in connection with an ATV rollover that killed his daughter and her friend in April 2023.

A criminal complaint filed in Washington County details the allegations against 54-year-old Lance Alan Koeckeritz, who faces four felony counts in the fatal crash, which took place on the defendant’s property in Afton.

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