Nearly $25,000 raised for Stillwater girls soccer coach injured in crash on icy roads

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Nearly $25,000 raised for Stillwater girls soccer coach injured in crash on icy roads

The family of a Stillwater soccer coach who faces a long recovery after breaking his back in a car crash last week is asking for financial help as he recovers. Shawn Nelson, a business owner and girls soccer coach at Stillwater Area High School, was driving home Dec. 14 when he hit an icy patch on the road and launched into a ditch. He broke his back in the accident and faces up to two months in a back brace and longer recovery and rehabilitatio…