First on the scene, the woman details the accident on highway 2

WDIO sister station KSTP 5 EYE WITTNESS NEWS spoke with a woman who was in the area when the fatal crash happened on Highway 2 near Nelson Road in Arrowhead Township. Katy Augusta rushed to help the victims immediately after the accident.

“It was very traumatic. I mean, there’s nothing left of that car. No one could have survived it,” Katy Augusta told KSTP of the four people killed inside the SUV. Augusta said she was one of about a dozen Good Samaritans who stopped to help. The group included an emergency physician and a nurse.

“I think our instinct was to go help out and see what we could do,” Augusta said.

The State Patrol is investigating why the semi truck driver did not stop when approaching the work zone.

According to a Minnesota State Patrol incident report, a GMC Acadia, Ford Escape, Mack Semi and Honda Pilot were stopped in traffic due to construction when an International semi truck traveling at a high rate of speed struck the stopped vehicles.

“I saw him get out of that truck and you could tell he was devastated,” Augusta said.

Augusta said she was able to help two women in one of the other vehicles, but her heart goes out to the loved ones of those killed.

“It was awful and I just pray for the family and the parents of those little girls,” Augusta said.

On Thursday, the State Patrol confirmed that all four occupants of the Honda Pilot — 65-year-old Vincent Dow, 66-year-old Bonnie Dow, nine-year-old Hope Oakgrove and nine-year-old Charlotte White — were died as a result of the accident.

While the driver of the Ford Escape was not injured, an 84-year-old female passenger suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The drivers of both the Mack Semi, a 45-year-old man, and the International Semi, a 63-year-old man, have non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.

Both occupants of the GMC Acadia were not injured in the crash.

The accident remains under investigation.