A Minnesota woman who has been arrested and charged with criminal vehicular homicide and driving while impaired (DWI) after her car fatally struck 82-year-old Barbara Lee Welberg’s vehicle. However, the suspected driver, Shauna Rae Dokken, allegedly claimed that her dog grabbed the steering wheel while she was driving.
Dokken, 43, is facing the following charges: The previously mentioned criminal vehicular homicide, DWI – under the influence of a controlled substance, and driving within 10 years of 3 or more qualified prior impaired driving incidents according to records from the Roseau County Sheriff’s Office viewed by PEOPLE. Dokken was also on probation for a case which was unrelated according to court docs.
