Overview
- A head-on collision on May 29 on Highway 11 in Roseau County killed 82-year-old Barbara Lee Welberg after a Ford pickup driven by Shauna Rae Dokken crossed into oncoming traffic and struck Welberg’s SUV.
- Prosecutors have charged 43-year-old Shauna Dokken with criminal vehicular homicide and related DWI counts and she is jailed on $200,000 bail with a probation-violation hearing set for June 10.
- Dokken has given multiple, conflicting accounts of the crash, including a claim that a dog in the truck grabbed the steering wheel and caused her to lose control.
- Responding officers reported slurred speech and a preliminary breath test showed a 0.000 blood-alcohol result, but Dokken admitted taking prescription medications and investigators sent a blood sample to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension for drug testing.
- Court records show Dokken had a 2025 DWI conviction and was on probation at the time of the crash, which raises the risk of heavier penalties if lab results or prosecution link impairment to the fatal crash.