A University of Minnesota student was killed Tuesday night in a Wisconsin traffic accident that also injured her boyfriend, a St. Cloud State University football player.
Meanwhile, four members of a Maple Grove family were injured in a separate accident an hour earlier on the same freeway in central Wisconsin.
In the crash involving the college students, Jack Moro, 19, a backup safety this season for St. Cloud State, and his girlfriend, Holly Stahl, 19, were headed east on Interstate 90/94 near Lisbon, Wis., around 9 p.m. Tuesday.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, a semitrailer truck in the right lane moved into the left lane, where it was hit on the rear corner of the driver's side by the Toyota Camry that Moro was driving, snapping loose the semi's rear dual tires.
The car slid into the median after hitting the semi. The semi continued, hitting two other trucks, until it was stopped by law enforcement officers.
Moro and Stahl were both taken to Hess Memorial Hospital in Mauston, Wis. Stahl died of her injuries; Moro was treated and released.
The semi driver and occupants of the two other trucks had no injuries.
Stahl and Moro are both 2009 graduates of Brookfield Central High School in Brookfield, Wis., just west of Milwaukee.
The mood in the school Wednesday was somber on the final day before school break, a day usually filled with high spirits, he said.
According to the Wisconsin State Patrol, a semi driver lost control of the truck on the overpass, with the trailer sliding perpendicular to the interstate at about 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The minivan slammed into the rear axle housing of the trailer that was hanging over the edge.
The driver, 40-year-old Hardat Jeet, and 9-year-old Elijah Jeet suffered life-threatening injuries while 43-year-old Chandrowtie Jeet and 13-year-old Sara Jeet had non-life-threatening injuries.
The truck driver was not injured.
Both accidents are under investigation by the State Patrol.
This report includes information from the St. Cloud Times, Milwaukee Sentinel and Associated Press.
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