By Lori Ehde
Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon in Luverne for Kim Kremin, mother of four, who died at age 33 in a car crash Friday night.
She was dead at the accident scene four miles south of Luverne on Highway 75 where her 1990 Pontiac Grand Am collided head-on with a 1987 Bonneville carrying four Iowa teen-agers.
The Minnesota State Patrol, along with local law enforcement and rescue crews, responded to the call at about 11:40 p.m.
Preliminary accident reconstructions show Kremin's northbound vehicle crossed the center line prior to impact. Blood samples were taken from both drivers, as is customary in fatal accidents, to determine if alcohol was a factor in the collision. Results were not available as of this printing.
Kremin, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was traveling alone.
Three of the four teens in the Iowa car were killed. The driver, 16-year-old Katie Hoogendoorn, Rock Valley, died at the scene, as did passenger 16-year-old Nathan Van Voorst, Inwood. Cindy Jo Post, also 16, Rock Valley, died at Luverne Community Hospital.
Aaron Van Voorst, 16, Larchwood, was taken to Sioux Valley Hospital and released Sunday.
The young people were on their way home after seeing a movie at the Verne Drive-In theater, Luverne.
Hoogendoorn was wearing her seatbelt, but Post and Nathan Van Voorst were not. It is unclear whether Aaron Van Voorst had been buckled in.
Kremin grew up in Ash Creek and attended school in Luverne. She was employed by Bullseye Cabinets in Sioux Falls.
She had four children, Mandi, Tanner, Travis and Tara. For the time being, they are under the care of their grandmother, Alberta Kremin, Steen.
Services were in First Assemblies of God Church, rural Luverne, and burial was in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.