Fatal I-94 Crash Victims Are New Richmond Students

CREATED Jul. 31, 2012

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     HUDSON(AP) - The State Patrol has identified the victims of a fatal crash in western Wisconsin. Two teens were killed and two others were injured when their SUV rear-ended a semi that was stopped in a construction zone on Interstate 94 near Hudson Monday afternoon. The four were students at New Richmond High School.
     Seventeen-year-old Joshua Goodrich and 16-year-old Jordan Johnson were killed. Goodrich was seated in the front and Jordan was in the back. The Star Tribune says the driver, 17-year-old Zachary Zajec, suffered severe head and chest injuries. He's in critical condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota.  Another back seat passenger, 17-year-old Thomas Wanless, had minor injuries. The driver of the semi was not hurt.