US | Girl Scouts Pickup Kills 3 Girl Scouts, Adult Picking Up Trash Another girl is in critical condition in Wisconsin By Newser Editors Posted Nov 4, 2018 5:30 AM CST Copied Emergency medical personnel gather at the scene of a hit-and-run accident Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Lake Hallie, Wis. (Steve Kinderman/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP) It's another hard-to-fathom road accident involving kids. A pickup truck in rural Wisconsin veered off the road Saturday morning and struck a group of Girl Scouts and their chaperones who were picking up trash, reports the NBC News. Three fourth-graders and one adult woman were killed, and a fourth girl remains in critical condition, reports the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Police say the driver fled but later surrendered. He has been identified as Colton Treu, 21, of Chippewa Falls, and Treu faces four counts of homicide through negligent use of a vehicle. Police aren't sure what caused the accident. They say Treu's black Ford F-150 came over a hill, crossed a lane, swerved into a ditch, and struck the girls, who were wearing bright safety vests. "The area is not an unsafe area," says a sergeant with the Lake Hallie Police Department, about 95 miles east of Minneapolis, per the AP. But a local resident disagrees. “It’s dangerous,” he tells the Star-Tribune of that stretch. “People come flying over the hill.” (Last week, a spate of accidents occurred at a near school bus stops.) Read These Next Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Report an error