SLEEPY EYE — Counselors and clergy will be available for students and teachers in Sleepy Eye schools today after the deaths of four people in an icy car crash, according to the schools’ superintendent.

John Mangen, 18, of Fairfax; Caleb Quesenberry, 17, of St. Peter; Payton Adams, 17, of Sleepy Eye; and Tyler Hadley, 20, of Sleepy Eye died when the car they were riding in lost control on an icy highway near Sleepy Eye and veered into the path of an oncoming pickup truck Friday night. Four others were injured.

Hadley graduated in 2012 and Mangen in 2013 from Sleepy Eye High School, Superintendent John Cselovszki said.

“It’s a big shock for our community here,” Cselovszki said.

Cselovszki said Monday had been scheduled as in-service day for teachers, with students off in Sleepy Eye public schools. Due to the crash, the school will be open from 10 a.m. to noon for young people who want to gather.

Counselors and clergy will be available then and when classes resume, and teachers also will be offered grief counseling, he said.

Adams’ brother, Kansas Adams, 19, was driving the car when it crashed, according to police.

Kansas Adams suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday, said Trudy Marshall, spokeswoman for the North Memorial Medical Center in Minneapolis.

He was the only one in the car known to be wearing a seat belt, State Patrol Lt. Eric Roeske said.

The 43-year-old driver of the truck and his two children were hospitalized with noncritical injuries. They were wearing seat belts, Roeske said.

Cselovszki said he saw Hadley and Mangen Thursday night in Mankato at the high school girls’ basketball playoff game against Lester Prairie.

“They were outstanding members of our community and participated in various events,” the superintendent told the newspaper. “We enjoyed having them, and it’s really a tragic loss for our school and our community.”

Payton Adams attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Sleepy Eye, where his brother, Kansas Adams, had graduated. Quesenberry attended school in a neighboring district.

Word of the crash spread quickly on social media to friends, including Ethan Silfies, who had graduated with Mangen and played on the baseball and football teams with him.

“I was completely speechless,” Silfies said. “It’s not just Sleepy Eye; it’s the whole 507 area code — from Redwood Falls to Marshall to Mankato. Everybody, even if they didn’t know them, is still affected.”

He added that everyone in the car had been involved in athletics and was well-known locally. Mangen was attending college in Winona and “always managed to have a smile on his face,” Silfies said.