Sheboygan Press
MARCELLON - Two Sheboygan teens were killed in a head-on collision with a semitrailer Wednesday evening in Columbia County.
The Columbia County Sheriff s Office responded to a call of a crash around 7:04 p.m. Wednesday near the intersection of State 33 and Polinske Road in the town of Marcellon, just north of Pardeeville.
Deputies arrived on scene and found the teenage boys, ages 15 and 17, deceased, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
The driver of the semitrailer sustained nonlife-threatening injuries and was taken to a local hospital, according to the sheriff s office.
The car was eastbound on State 33 and the semitrailer was westbound. The sheriff s office and the Wisconsin State Patrol are investigating the crash.
2 teens die in head-on crash with semi
SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a head-on crash involving their car and a semitrailer truck in Columbia County, the State Patrol said.
The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 33 and Polinske Road in the town of Marcellon near Pardeeville, Sgt. Craig Morehouse said in a report.
An eastbound 2009 Pontiac G6 containing a 17-year-old and a 15-year-old from Sheboygan collided head-on with a westbound 2016 Kenworth semi driven by William S. Butcher, 27, of Eau Claire, on Highway 33, Morehouse said.
The State Patrol and Columbia County Sheriff’s Office are investigating which vehicle was possibly traveling in the wrong lane, Morehouse said.