Minnesota State Highway Patrol Trooper.
Brainerd Daily Dispatch Saturday November 21, 1959
Died as a result of injuries sustained in an crash along Highway 210 West of Brainerd MN
Krueger Drove Million Miles Without Accident
The accident that claimed the life of Highway Patrolman Ray Krueger yesterday was made all the more disheartening to his many friends today when it was learned that in more than 25 years of patrolling the state highways, Krueger had driven more than one million miles without a previous accident.
Many of the miles Krueger rolled up were on motorcycle during his early years with the State Highway Patrol.
Unofficial reports of the collision gathered today showed that Krueger was more than three feet in his own lane at the time of the collision.
A witness in a car following the patrolman said that he estimated Krueger's speed between 55 and 60 miles per hour. This is well within the highway limit at the accident scene. Skid marks of the patrol station wagon bore this out.
The same witness told officers that Barney Ostenso, driver of the second vehicle was apparently making a left turn in front of Krueger's car at the time of the accident. Krueger's car was going west and Ostenso's east.
Ostenso was reportedly a good friend of Krueger's and it was learned today on his to buy eggs from a neighbor at the time of the fatal accident.
Krueger was considered the best driver on the state patrol by fellow officers here and by many of his co-workers in this part of the state.
Ostenso was reportedly in critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital today, but the attending physician said he was making satisfactory progress.
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch Sunday April 17, 2011
Remembering Ray Krueger
State Patrol recruits learn about Brainerd trooper who died on duty in 1959
A fallen State Highway Patrol trooper from Brainerd was remembered Friday afternoon by a class of State Patrol recruits at Evergreen Cemetery in northeast Brainerd.
Trooper Preston Cruser, who is involved with the rookie school at the Minnesota State Patrol Trainng Academy at Camp Ripley, said 41 recruits were to learn about the 1959 traffic death of Trooper Ray Krueger of Brainerd and listen to his family members.
Heidi Lenk of rural Brainerd, said her grandfather, Krueger, came from a law enforcement family. His father, John, was a constable in Garrison. His brother, Paul was a game warden and his brother, Al, was Crow Wing County sheriff.
A Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association website contained a Brainerd Dispatch news story of Krueger's crash along Highway 210 on Nov. 20, 1959.
A separate website that offered memorials to fallen officers reported that Krueger was 47; had been a trooper for 25 years; and was survived by his wife and five children.
Brainerd Daily Dispatch Saturday November 21, 1959
Died as a result of injuries sustained in an crash along Highway 210 West of Brainerd MN
Krueger Drove Million Miles Without Accident
The accident that claimed the life of Highway Patrolman Ray Krueger yesterday was made all the more disheartening to his many friends today when it was learned that in more than 25 years of patrolling the state highways, Krueger had driven more than one million miles without a previous accident.
Many of the miles Krueger rolled up were on motorcycle during his early years with the State Highway Patrol.
Unofficial reports of the collision gathered today showed that Krueger was more than three feet in his own lane at the time of the collision.
A witness in a car following the patrolman said that he estimated Krueger's speed between 55 and 60 miles per hour. This is well within the highway limit at the accident scene. Skid marks of the patrol station wagon bore this out.
The same witness told officers that Barney Ostenso, driver of the second vehicle was apparently making a left turn in front of Krueger's car at the time of the accident. Krueger's car was going west and Ostenso's east.
Ostenso was reportedly a good friend of Krueger's and it was learned today on his to buy eggs from a neighbor at the time of the fatal accident.
Krueger was considered the best driver on the state patrol by fellow officers here and by many of his co-workers in this part of the state.
Ostenso was reportedly in critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital today, but the attending physician said he was making satisfactory progress.
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch Sunday April 17, 2011
Remembering Ray Krueger
State Patrol recruits learn about Brainerd trooper who died on duty in 1959
A fallen State Highway Patrol trooper from Brainerd was remembered Friday afternoon by a class of State Patrol recruits at Evergreen Cemetery in northeast Brainerd.
Trooper Preston Cruser, who is involved with the rookie school at the Minnesota State Patrol Trainng Academy at Camp Ripley, said 41 recruits were to learn about the 1959 traffic death of Trooper Ray Krueger of Brainerd and listen to his family members.
Heidi Lenk of rural Brainerd, said her grandfather, Krueger, came from a law enforcement family. His father, John, was a constable in Garrison. His brother, Paul was a game warden and his brother, Al, was Crow Wing County sheriff.
A Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association website contained a Brainerd Dispatch news story of Krueger's crash along Highway 210 on Nov. 20, 1959.
A separate website that offered memorials to fallen officers reported that Krueger was 47; had been a trooper for 25 years; and was survived by his wife and five children.
Minnesota State Highway Patrol Trooper.
Brainerd Daily Dispatch Saturday November 21, 1959
Died as a result of injuries sustained in an crash along Highway 210 West of Brainerd MN
Krueger Drove Million Miles Without Accident
The accident that claimed the life of Highway Patrolman Ray Krueger yesterday was made all the more disheartening to his many friends today when it was learned that in more than 25 years of patrolling the state highways, Krueger had driven more than one million miles without a previous accident.
Many of the miles Krueger rolled up were on motorcycle during his early years with the State Highway Patrol.
Unofficial reports of the collision gathered today showed that Krueger was more than three feet in his own lane at the time of the collision.
A witness in a car following the patrolman said that he estimated Krueger's speed between 55 and 60 miles per hour. This is well within the highway limit at the accident scene. Skid marks of the patrol station wagon bore this out.
The same witness told officers that Barney Ostenso, driver of the second vehicle was apparently making a left turn in front of Krueger's car at the time of the accident. Krueger's car was going west and Ostenso's east.
Ostenso was reportedly a good friend of Krueger's and it was learned today on his to buy eggs from a neighbor at the time of the fatal accident.
Krueger was considered the best driver on the state patrol by fellow officers here and by many of his co-workers in this part of the state.
Ostenso was reportedly in critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital today, but the attending physician said he was making satisfactory progress.
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch Sunday April 17, 2011
Remembering Ray Krueger
State Patrol recruits learn about Brainerd trooper who died on duty in 1959
A fallen State Highway Patrol trooper from Brainerd was remembered Friday afternoon by a class of State Patrol recruits at Evergreen Cemetery in northeast Brainerd.
Trooper Preston Cruser, who is involved with the rookie school at the Minnesota State Patrol Trainng Academy at Camp Ripley, said 41 recruits were to learn about the 1959 traffic death of Trooper Ray Krueger of Brainerd and listen to his family members.
Heidi Lenk of rural Brainerd, said her grandfather, Krueger, came from a law enforcement family. His father, John, was a constable in Garrison. His brother, Paul was a game warden and his brother, Al, was Crow Wing County sheriff.
A Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association website contained a Brainerd Dispatch news story of Krueger's crash along Highway 210 on Nov. 20, 1959.
A separate website that offered memorials to fallen officers reported that Krueger was 47; had been a trooper for 25 years; and was survived by his wife and five children.
Brainerd Daily Dispatch Saturday November 21, 1959
Died as a result of injuries sustained in an crash along Highway 210 West of Brainerd MN
Krueger Drove Million Miles Without Accident
The accident that claimed the life of Highway Patrolman Ray Krueger yesterday was made all the more disheartening to his many friends today when it was learned that in more than 25 years of patrolling the state highways, Krueger had driven more than one million miles without a previous accident.
Many of the miles Krueger rolled up were on motorcycle during his early years with the State Highway Patrol.
Unofficial reports of the collision gathered today showed that Krueger was more than three feet in his own lane at the time of the collision.
A witness in a car following the patrolman said that he estimated Krueger's speed between 55 and 60 miles per hour. This is well within the highway limit at the accident scene. Skid marks of the patrol station wagon bore this out.
The same witness told officers that Barney Ostenso, driver of the second vehicle was apparently making a left turn in front of Krueger's car at the time of the accident. Krueger's car was going west and Ostenso's east.
Ostenso was reportedly a good friend of Krueger's and it was learned today on his to buy eggs from a neighbor at the time of the fatal accident.
Krueger was considered the best driver on the state patrol by fellow officers here and by many of his co-workers in this part of the state.
Ostenso was reportedly in critical condition at St. Joseph's hospital today, but the attending physician said he was making satisfactory progress.
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch Sunday April 17, 2011
Remembering Ray Krueger
State Patrol recruits learn about Brainerd trooper who died on duty in 1959
A fallen State Highway Patrol trooper from Brainerd was remembered Friday afternoon by a class of State Patrol recruits at Evergreen Cemetery in northeast Brainerd.
Trooper Preston Cruser, who is involved with the rookie school at the Minnesota State Patrol Trainng Academy at Camp Ripley, said 41 recruits were to learn about the 1959 traffic death of Trooper Ray Krueger of Brainerd and listen to his family members.
Heidi Lenk of rural Brainerd, said her grandfather, Krueger, came from a law enforcement family. His father, John, was a constable in Garrison. His brother, Paul was a game warden and his brother, Al, was Crow Wing County sheriff.
A Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association website contained a Brainerd Dispatch news story of Krueger's crash along Highway 210 on Nov. 20, 1959.
A separate website that offered memorials to fallen officers reported that Krueger was 47; had been a trooper for 25 years; and was survived by his wife and five children.
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