Funeral held for Minnesota Conservation Officer who died on duty

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR) – Family, friends and law enforcement officers were in Grand Rapids Friday to attend the funeral for Minnesota Conservation Officer Sarah Grell.

Grell died in a two-vehicle crash near Grand Rapids while on duty Monday morning. She was traveling on an Itasca County road  when a semi collided with the driver’s door of her pickup.

Grell was 39.  She had served as a DNR officer since 2005. Her uncle, father and grandfather also worked as conservation officers.

The semi driver is a 42-year-old Grand Rapids man.  The crash is being investigated by the Minnesota State patrol.