St. Paul hit-run pushed car through retaining wall, into house

Sophia Bouwens, 26, of St. Paul, was critically injured in a crash in St. Paul on March 16, 2015. (Courtesy photo)

A 26-year-old woman remained in critical condition Tuesday, the day after she was injured in a hit-and-run crash in St. Paul. Police said they had arrested a woman believed to be the driver of the second vehicle.

Sophia Bouwens of St. Paul was taken to Regions Hospital with head trauma, police said. She is an acupuncturist and married with two young children.

The crash happened about 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Dayton's Bluff neighborhood. A car ran a stop sign at East Sixth and North Cypress streets and hit Bouwens' car, striking it "so hard that it was pushed through a retaining wall and into the house behind that wall -- the jaws of life were used to extract her from the car," according to a CaringBridge site.

Danielle Denay Sivels (Courtesy of Ramsey County sheriff)

Bouwens sustained several jaw fractures and a fracture at the base of her skull and spine; she'll likely require multiple surgeries, the site said.

People nearby heard a loud crash and saw that two cars had collided, said Sgt. Paul Paulos, St. Paul police spokesman. No one was injured in the house that was struck.

Witnesses reported three people who had been in the other car had left -- two males helped a woman walk away, Paulos said. Police learned the woman might be in a residence in the 900 block of Hudson Road, just under a mile away.

About 11 p.m. Monday, officers went to the Hudson Road residence and knocked on the door. The car's registered owner, Danielle Denay Sivels, opened the door. Police reported Sivels, 30, of St.

Officers also identified the two male passengers, who were not arrested, Paulos said.

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