Minnesota teen dies, 2 hurt in rollover on I-94 in Wisconsin

Published 10:44 pm Sunday, July 5, 2015

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — A Minnesota teenager has died and two were injured in a rollover accident on Interstate 94 near Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin State Patrol said 16-year-old Kevin William Messer of Plymouth died in Friday evening’s crash.

Fifteen-year-old Leo John Schreiner of Plymouth and 16-year-old Hanna Fatima Sedqi of Robbinsdale were taken to Eau Claire hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

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The patrol said the three teenagers were in a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt that was traveling eastbound on I-94 when it veered onto the shoulder just east of the U.S. Highway 53 interchange.

It said Sedqi, who was driving, attempted to regain control, overcorrected and the vehicle rolled into the median.

The patrol said none of the three was drinking, and they all wore seat belts. The accident remains under investigation.