PRESTON, Minn. – Originally sealed evidence in the cases against two twins in a fatal 2023 Amish buggy crash has been released. The evidence had been cited earlier in police and court documents but not available to the public in full form until after both Samantha and Sarah Petersen were sentenced. After reviewing the evidence, KTTC anchor Brock Bergey played a police recording of the twins conniving to switch roles to conceal who was driving. On the tape, recorded accidentally by police, was this exchange:
“There’s no way they would ever know the difference between the two of us, so they can’t tell. Everybody just thinks you and me are the same person.”
The driver was Samantha Petersen, who was high on meth when she drove into the buggy, killing two school children and injuring two others seriously. Her identical twin Sarah arrived at the scene ahead of police, then told officers that she was the driver. In his report to KTTC viewers, Bergey showed police images that the twins hastily changed clothes at the scene to aid in the switcheroo:
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Bergey told KTTC viewers he was continuing to review evidence and expected to be making further reports.
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