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Three Girl Scouts, chaperone killed in Chippewa County hit-and-run; driver in custody [View all]
Three Girl Scouts, chaperone killed in Chippewa County hit-and-run; driver in custody
Miguel Otárola and Liz Sawyer Star Tribune Nov 3, 2018
Clad in bright lime-green safety vests, two small groups of Girl Scouts and their adult companions walked along both sides of County Road P in Lake Hallie late Saturday morning, chattering and laughing as they picked up litter. ... The fourth-graders had adopted that rural road and performed the community service along it before, clearing the stretch that runs through farmland and residential areas just northwest of Lake Hallie in the spring and fall.
Suddenly, a black pickup speeding by veered off the road into the shallow ditch where some of the girls were walking, striking several children and a woman accompanying them. The truck then lurched back onto the road and sped away, according to police and witnesses.
Left behind was a scene of horror — two girls and the chaperone lay dead by the roadside. Two other Girl Scouts were taken by ambulance and helicopter to a hospital, where one died later Saturday. ... The surviving girl remained hospitalized late Saturday in critical condition.
The driver of the pickup that hit them, 21-year-old Colten Treu of Chippewa Falls, later surrendered himself, according to Sgt. Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department. Charges have not yet been filed.
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Miguel Otárola and Liz Sawyer Star Tribune Nov 3, 2018
Clad in bright lime-green safety vests, two small groups of Girl Scouts and their adult companions walked along both sides of County Road P in Lake Hallie late Saturday morning, chattering and laughing as they picked up litter. ... The fourth-graders had adopted that rural road and performed the community service along it before, clearing the stretch that runs through farmland and residential areas just northwest of Lake Hallie in the spring and fall.
Suddenly, a black pickup speeding by veered off the road into the shallow ditch where some of the girls were walking, striking several children and a woman accompanying them. The truck then lurched back onto the road and sped away, according to police and witnesses.
Left behind was a scene of horror — two girls and the chaperone lay dead by the roadside. Two other Girl Scouts were taken by ambulance and helicopter to a hospital, where one died later Saturday. ... The surviving girl remained hospitalized late Saturday in critical condition.
The driver of the pickup that hit them, 21-year-old Colten Treu of Chippewa Falls, later surrendered himself, according to Sgt. Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department. Charges have not yet been filed.
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