More than two years after a fatal collision in Eagan, Humberto Zeferino De Los Santos faces a felony charge of leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death. FOX 9 reported on Nov. 2, 2026, that authorities still did not know his whereabouts. The charge is an allegation, not a finding of guilt.
The crash occurred June 29, 2024, at Highway 55 and Lexington Avenue. According to FOX 9’s account of the charges, traffic-camera footage showed a Lincoln MKX running a red light and colliding with a Volkswagen Jetta. The Jetta’s two passengers were taken to Regions Hospital and later died. The charges allege that one passenger was De Los Santos’s brother; the Pioneer Press identified one of the deceased passengers as Edgar Seferino De Lo Santos in its initial coverage.
What Minnesota law requires
Minnesota law requires a driver involved in a crash causing injury or death to stop, remain at the scene, and provide required information. It does not make a family member responsible for arranging a later call to investigators. The statute’s duties are set out in Minnesota Statutes Section 169.09.
FOX 9 reported that investigators tied De Los Santos to the Jetta and that a brother told authorities De Los Santos had acknowledged driving and leaving because he was scared. Those details are reported allegations; his current whereabouts and the case’s subsequent court status have not been independently established here.
A separate fatal hit-and-run in Eagan
This case is distinct from a March 7, 2026, Eagan incident in which pedestrian Leslie Anne Youngberg died after a hit-and-run. The Dakota County Attorney’s Office said Rolando Miranda Martinez was charged in that case; the Star Tribune reported that the crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. at Cliff and Nicols roads. Both cases involve fatal collisions and allegations of leaving the scene, but one involved two vehicles and the other a pedestrian. They are examples of separate cases, not evidence of a broader trend.
