POLICE CHASE RESULTS IN DEATH OF FIVE YOUNG WOMEN

Five Minnesota women aged between 17 and 20 are killed moments after leaving henna tattoo shop the night before a friend's wedding when 27-year-old speeding suspect trying to flee cops hits them

 

Daily Mail 

June 18, 2023

The girls started to drive down Lake Street just before 10 p.m. when an SUV being followed by a Minnesota State Police trooper ran a red light and smashed into their car

Sagal Hersi, 19 and Siham Adam, also 19, were two of the victims

Sahra Gesaade, 20, and Salma Abdikadir, 20, were two more of the victims in the tragic crash.

Sabiriin Ali, 17, was the youngest of the five killed. She had just graduated high school and was headed to the University of Minnesot

 

A group of five Minnesota women preparing for a friend's wedding by getting henna tattoos were killed Friday night after a driver trying to speed away from police slammed into their car. 

 

Sabiriin Ali, 17; Sahra Gesaade, 20; Salma Abdikadir, 20; Sagal Hersi, 19; and Siham Adam, 19 were identified as the victims of the horrific incident. Three are cousins, one a relative and another a close friend. 

 

The women were doing last-minute shopping at a Minneapolis mall Friday and having the tattoos applied for a friend's wedding the next day. They were on the way home when the crash happened. 

 

They started to drive down Lake Street just before 10 p.m. when an SUV being followed by a state trooper ran a red light and smashed into their car. 

 

All five were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. 

 

The driver is 27-year-old Derrick John Thompson, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Thompson tried to run from the crash but was found at a nearby Taco Bell after onlookers called police.