CHI HI STUDENTS MOURN CLASSMATE KILLED IN CRASH
DAN LEA Reporting
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WE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT A CAR ACCIDENT THAT TOOK THE LIFE OF A CHIPPEWA COUNTY TEEN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CHIPPEWA COUNTY SHERIFF'S LIEUTENANT MITCH GIBSON SAYS 16 YEAR-OLD CARRIE GJELHAUG OF TILDEN WAS KILLED WHEN THE CAR SHE WAS DRIVING WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND ROLLED OVER IN A DITCH, EJECTING HER. CHIPPEWA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL JIM SAUTER SAYS CARRIE WAS AN OUTGOING, FRIENDLY, ENERGETIC JUNIOR AT THE SCHOOL. HE SAYS THE TRAGEDY HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AT THE SCHOOL. TWO OTHER TEENS WERE INJURED, 17-YEAR-OLD LEAH COHOON FROM CHIPPEWA FALLS, AND 18-YEAR-OLD GLEN WHEELOCK OF THE TOWN OF EAGLE POINT. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED SHORTLY BEFORE 5PM WEDNESDAY, ON HIGHWAY 178 NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAY 'S'. ACCORDING TO THE ACCIDENT REPORT, GJELHAUG ASKED ONE OF THE PASSENGERS TO TAKE THE WHEEL WHILE SHE REMOVED A NECKLACE. SHORTLY BEFORE THE CAR WENT OUT OF CONTROL. THE TEENS WERE NOT WEARING SEATBELTS.
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