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Jori Jones was a goaltender on the 2023 Gustavus Adolphus national championship team (photo: Gustavus Adolphus Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gianna Gasparini, the Gustavus Adolphus hockey player who was driving the car during the 2023 crash that killed teammate Jori Jones<\/a>, was charged with reckless driving, a misdemeanor, on Aug. 16, 2024.<\/p>\n

The charge carries a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail, a $3,000 fine, or both. Gasparini did not play during the 2023-24 hockey season.<\/p>\n

Gasparini, Jones and GAC teammates Kayla Bluhm and Lily Mortenson were returning home from a North Dakota team bonding trip when the car crashed into a van at a four-way intersection in western Minnesota. All four women were freshmen on the Gustavus Adolphus hockey team that won the NCAA Division III championship in 2023.<\/p>\n

Only Mortenson played the 2023-24 season.<\/p>\n

Jones died at the hospital following the crash. Her three teammates and the driver of the van, Brandi Rasmussen, suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n

Gasparini gave a statement to police saying that she “didn’t notice that it was a four-way intersection until way too late,” according to reports<\/a>. She took a preliminary breath test that showed no trace of alcohol.<\/p>\n

The accident occurred about 20 miles west of Willmar on Highway 40 at the intersection with Highway 29 in Grace Township, the State Patrol said.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s SUV was heading east on Hwy. 40 and collided with a minivan as it headed south, the patrol said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gianna Gasparini, the Gustavus Adolphus hockey player who was driving the car during the 2023 crash that killed teammate Jori Jones, was charged with reckless driving, a misdemeanor, on Aug. 16, 2024. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail, a $3,000 fine, or both. 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