St. Paul man charged in fatal Rice & Pennsylvania hit-and-run

Ramsey County prosecutors have charged 34-year-old St. Paul resident Terrell Frye with criminal vehicular homicide in the Feb. 16 hit-and-run that killed 58-year-old pedestrian Lisa Giguere near Rice Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. A St. Paul officer on patrol saw a light-colored minivan swerve, pull briefly into a gas station and then drive off moments before finding Giguere gravely injured in the roadway; she was later declared brain dead and her family proceeded with organ donation. Investigators say surveillance footage, debris, and cell phone records led them to a damaged Honda Odyssey at Frye’s home, with windshield and front-end damage matching the collision. According to the criminal complaint, Frye denied hitting the woman and claimed his van had been stolen and then recovered without ever being reported missing, but phone data put him at the scene and officers found a note at his home stating, "I was involved in a accident" before he allegedly admitted he was "guilty either way because it’s my vehicle." Frye made his first court appearance Monday and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, as St. Paul residents watch yet another deadly hit-and-run move from an unsolved case to a test of whether the courts will treat leaving a dying person in the street as more than just a traffic mistake.