Detroit Lakes woman watched TikToks while driving, struck and killed 81-year-old man

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Mariska Kay Nunn, 20, of Detroit Lakes, fatally struck pedestrian Dean Chadbourne, 81, while watching TikTok videos while driving on September 3, 2024. The incident occurred around 12:15 p.m., with phone records showing Nunn viewed multiple TikTok videos in the minutes leading up to the accident. Chadbourne died approximately 45 minutes later at the Detroit Lakes-Becker County Airport. Nunn has been charged with felony criminal vehicular homicide and will appear before Judge Michael D. Fritz on February 20.