Posted at: 07/06/2009 9:32 AM
By: Michelle Knoll

Baby Killed After Van Runs Over Tent Near Redwood Falls

A 4-month-old baby was killed Sunday morning after a van ran over the tent he was resting in with his parents.

The incident happened just before 8:30 a.m. Sunday at the Beaver Falls Campground near Morton. That's located about 12-miles east of Redwood Falls in Renville County.

The Renville County Sheriff says the baby's father was getting out of the tent when a van, trying to back into a nearby parking area backed over the tent, dragging the mother and infant.

The mother and baby were taken to the Redwood Falls Area Hospital. The baby was announced dead on arrival. The mother was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The driver, 31-year-old Nicolle Prechel of Redwood Falls, was arrested after she drove to the hospital to visit the family. She is being held in the Renville County Jail on probable cause criminal vehicular homicide, driving after suspension and third degree DWI.

Formal charges have not been filed yet.