Three Minnesotans were killed over Memorial Day weekend in Kansas when a driver crossed the center line and struck their vehicle head-on.
Troy A. Sabean, 33, of Roseville, who was driving a 2024 Toyota RAV4, was killed along with his wife, Emma Porter, 33, of Roseville. Also killed was Ann C. Porter, 69, of Fergus Falls. Two other passengers, Paul M. Porter, 68, of Edina, and Kathleen L. Lebarron, 64, of Edina, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
The Minnesotans were in the state for a family reunion, according to Emma Porter’s obituary.
The other driver, Andrew M. Steele, 53, of White City, Kansas, was driving a 2014 Ram 1500 pickup truck “in the center of the road” when he struck the Minnesota family in the May 25 crash, just off the road. northwest of Council Grove. Kansas.
Steele and passenger Lisa M. Steele, 51, also of White City, Kansas, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
According to his obituary, Porter lived in Lamberton, Minnesota, until his family moved to Roseville in 2000. He graduated from Roseville Area High School in 2008 and participated in band, track team, cross-country skiing, football and basketball. She graduated with a degree in biology from the University of Minnesota in 2012 and worked as a junior scientist at Zepto Life Technology.
She married Sabean in 2018. He also attended Roseville High School and the couple met there. According to Porter’s obituary, the couple loved gardening, traveling, spending time with their pet, volunteering and watching live music together. “In 2021, Emma achieved her lifelong goal of hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. She will be remembered as an amazing, extremely kind, selfless, brave, goofy, and adventurous daughter, wife, sister, friend, and co-worker.”
He is survived by his mother, Hedera Porter, his father, Paul Porter, his wife, Katy LeBarron, and his brother, Erik Porter.
In lieu of flowers for Porter, his obituary requests donations to the Pacific Crest Trail Association, the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club or the Ramsey County Master Gardener program. According to her obituary, Sabean is survived by her mother Judy Brueghel and her father Allen Sabean. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates donations to SavetheBoundaryWaters.org or the First Nations Development Institute.
Memorial information for the couple will be provided at a later date.
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