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Third Brother Dies From Weekend Crash; Father: "God Is Faithful."
"They are (with) their Lord and Savior," Family Says.
(AP) Farmington, Minn. The parents of three brothers who died in a two-car accident said Monday that they were relying on their faith to get them through the tragedy.
Matthew Backstrom, 20, was driving a 1995 Saturn with his brothers Jacob, 17, and Justin, 16, when their vehicle collided with a 1995 Ford Taurus around 7:30 p.m. Sunday just outside of Farmington, Dakota County Sheriff's officials said. All three brothers died.
"Justin, Jacob and Matthew each had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and they are now in the presence of their Lord and Savior," their father, Nathan Backstrom, said at a news conference Monday. "Our prayer is because of this, lives will be changed and our God will be glorified."
The driver of the other vehicle was also injured and was in serious condition at Regions Hospital on Monday. The 22-year-old man from rural Farmington was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from his vehicle, the Department of Public Safety said.
Authorities said the Farmington man pulled out to pass a third vehicle on Highway 50 but decided not to pass after seeing the oncoming Backstrom car. He overcorrected when he swerved back into his lane and ended up crashing into the brothers' car head-on anyway.
The man was talking on a cellular phone at the time, authorities said.
Sheriff Don Gudmundson said inattentive or distracted driving, such as when using a cell phone, is as bad as driving with lower levels of intoxication.
More: http://wcco.com/local/local_story_285125330.htmlhttp://wcco.com/local/local_story_285125330.html
"They are (with) their Lord and Savior," Family Says.
(AP) Farmington, Minn. The parents of three brothers who died in a two-car accident said Monday that they were relying on their faith to get them through the tragedy.
Matthew Backstrom, 20, was driving a 1995 Saturn with his brothers Jacob, 17, and Justin, 16, when their vehicle collided with a 1995 Ford Taurus around 7:30 p.m. Sunday just outside of Farmington, Dakota County Sheriff's officials said. All three brothers died.
"Justin, Jacob and Matthew each had a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and they are now in the presence of their Lord and Savior," their father, Nathan Backstrom, said at a news conference Monday. "Our prayer is because of this, lives will be changed and our God will be glorified."
The driver of the other vehicle was also injured and was in serious condition at Regions Hospital on Monday. The 22-year-old man from rural Farmington was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from his vehicle, the Department of Public Safety said.
Authorities said the Farmington man pulled out to pass a third vehicle on Highway 50 but decided not to pass after seeing the oncoming Backstrom car. He overcorrected when he swerved back into his lane and ended up crashing into the brothers' car head-on anyway.
The man was talking on a cellular phone at the time, authorities said.
Sheriff Don Gudmundson said inattentive or distracted driving, such as when using a cell phone, is as bad as driving with lower levels of intoxication.
More: http://wcco.com/local/local_story_285125330.htmlhttp://wcco.com/local/local_story_285125330.html
