GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO) – A Felton, Minn. semi driver was sentenced Monday to 60 days in jail for the July 2021 crash on Highway 2 west of Grand Forks that left one person dead and eleven injured.
56-year-old Steven Piechowski hit the back of the victim’s passenger car in a construction zone near Airport Road. The chain reaction crash involved eight vehicles and 17 people.
Piechowski pleaded guilty to negligent homicide and six other charges. In addition to the 60 days in the Grand Forks County Correctional Center, he will be placed on electronic home monitoring for an additional 60 days. The person killed was a veterinarian from Iowa.
