UPDATE: Authorities released the names Friday of the people who died in a head-on crash Aug. 19.
The Brown County Sheriff's Office says the driver — 28-year-old Janir Rodriguez-Montoya from Green Bay — died in the crash.
32-year-old Jorge Herrera-Salgado from Denmark was also killed. He was in the car with Rodriguez-Montoya.
Aaron Heim from Luxemburg was driving a pickup truck and was seriously hurt.
The crash happened Aug. 19 just before 5:30 a.m. on State Highway 54 and Algoma Road near St. Kilian Road.
The car, heading east, crossed the centerline into oncoming traffic and hit the pickup truck.
Rodriguez-Montoya and Herrera-Salgado were pronounced dead at the scene.
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ORIGINAL REPORTING: A tragic head-on crash early Monday morning claimed two lives on STH 54/Algoma Rd near St. Kilian Rd.
According to the Brown County Sheriff's Office, at 5:22 a.m. a passenger car traveling eastbound crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a westbound pickup truck. Brown County Sheriff’s deputies, along with Brown County Highway personnel and the New Franken Fire Department, responded to the scene.
The two occupants of the car were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the pickup truck sustained serious injuries and was taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident. The names of the victims have not yet been released.
