Son dies in crash; mom is charged

A 3-year-old boy died Sunday in Cloquet, the result of a crash that left a car split in half.

The Cloquet police responded to the single- vehicle crash on the 1500 block of White Pine Trail at approximately 4:30 p.m. Sunday — they found a 2004 Chevy Impala on each side of the road. Reports indicate that the vehicle left the rural Cloquet roadway and struck a tree. Another child, a 5-year-old girl, was also in the car but was not seriously injured. Both children appeared to have been in car seats.

The driver and mother of both children, Misty Louise Mattinas, 26, of Onamia, Minnesota faces nume...