A driver went through a stop sign at a western Wisconsin intersection, hit a semitrailer truck from Minnesota and was killed, officials said Thursday.
The collision occurred about 10:45 p.m. Wednesday on Hwy. 62 at 200th Avenue in Forest, about 12 miles east of New Richmond, the St. Croix County Sheriff's Office said.
Junior O. Carranza-Guerra, 22, of Clear Lake, Wis., was heading west on 200th, failed to obey a stop sign and hit a semi being driven on northbound Hwy. 63 by Kevin M. Petersen, 29. Petersen, from Porter in southwestern Minnesota, was not hurt.
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