ST. LOUIS – A former KSDK reporter turned businesswoman was killed last month in a tourist vehicle crash while vacationing with her family in Nicaragua. Her 11-year-old son was critically injured in the crash.

The crash happened on March 23 at the Rancho Santana resort along the southwest coast of Nicaragua. Kasey Joyce Grelle was with her husband, Dave, and their three children, ages 11, 9, and 6.

Kasey and the 11-year-old were riding with other tourists on a vehicle described in differing reports as a “truck” or “bus” when the driver lost control while going down a hill and the vehicle rolled.

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Kasey was the only fatality in the crash. She was 41. The 11-year-old, a boy, was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital and is being treated for head trauma, skull and spine fractures, and a collapsed lung, according to a GoFundMe set up by a family friend.

Kasey began working at KSDK in 2011 and married Dave in May 2013. She left TV news after a few years to work in venture capital while pursuing her Master of Business Administration degree at Washington University.

Kasey founded Aux Insights, a marketing consultancy agency, and was its CEO at the time of her death.

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