Community mourns hospital employee, server killed in Park Tavern patio crash

Published: Sep 02, 2024 Duration: 00:02:47 Category: News & Politics

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COMMUNITY IS REELING FROM AN UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY. AND A POPULAR ST. LOUIS PARK RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT. AND MAN CRASHED HIS CAR INTO THE PATIO AT THE PARK TAVERN AROUND 8:00. A SERVER AS WELL AS AN ICU WORKER AT NEARBY METHODIST HOSPITAL WERE KILLED FOR MORE PEOPLE WERE HURT. CAROLINE CUMMINGS HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE ALL DAY TODAY. SHE JOINS US NOW. IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING THEIR RESPECTS ALL DAY LONG. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT AMELIA THERE HAS BEEN A GROWING MEMORIAL BEHIND ME HERE AT THE PARK TAVERN. A COMMUNITY STAPLE KNOWN BY MANY WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE ST. LOUIS PARK COMMUNITY. AS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN GATHER AND HAVE FUN WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES. SO UNDERSTANDABLY EVERYONE WE SPOKE TO IS JUST DEVASTATED BY THIS TRAGEDY. >> SOME BRIGHT COLORS FOR BRIGHT SPIRITS. >> Reporter: JILL PICKED THESE FLOWERS FROM THE GARDEN AT HOME. A BOUQUET THE JOINT MANY OTHERS THAT LAY NEXT TO PARK TAVERN'S PATIO MONDAY. SHE WAS ONE OF MANY WHO CAME TO PAY HER RESPECTS. >> I'VE WORKED AT METHODIST 20+ YEARS. I WAS JUST REALLY SHOOK UP. WE HEARD THE SIRENS LAST NIGHT AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO TO HEAR THAT LIVES WERE TAKEN, BY A VERY UNEXPECTED TRAGEDY WAS REALLY UPSETTING. >> Reporter: SHE WORKS AT A NURSE AT METHODIST HOSPITAL WHICH CONFIRMED ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS AMONG THOSE KILLED. AND IF YOU OTHER ICU NURSES WERE HURT. WE DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO DIED AT THE HOSPITAL IN A STATEMENT SAID THEY WERE LOVED AND RESPECTED COLLEAGUES. >> WE ARE ONE BIG COMMUNITY. WE'VE LOST A PIECE OF THAT. LAST NIGHT. >> ALWAYS SMILING -- AND HE LOVED HIS COLLEAGUES. >> PARK TAVERN OWNER PHILIP OWNER SAID HE LOST ONE OF HIS BELOVED SERVERS 30 YEAR OLD KRISTINA FOLKERTS IN THIS TRAGEDY TO. SHE WAS A LOVING MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN. THE RESTAURANT IS RAISING MONEY FOR HER FAMILY. >> CHRISTINA WAS JUST ONE OF THE FAMILY. AND HER MOTHER ACTUALLY WORKED FOR US TOO. AND HER MOTHER WAS PREGNANT WITH CHRISTINA WHILE SHE WORKED HERE. IT IS STILL JUST UNBELIEVABLE. >> Reporter: NOW A 56-YEAR-OLD MAN IS IN CUSTODY ON SUSPICION OF CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR HOMICIDE. NO FORMAL CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE PARK TAVERN WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. AS THE STAFF COME

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