LAKE HALLIE, WI (AP)-- A 21-year-old driver accused of killing three Girl Scouts and a mother in
northwestern Wisconsin is being held on a $250,000 bond while he faces charges of vehicular homicide.
Colten Treu made his initial court appearance Monday morning in Chippewa County. Police say Treu had been inhaling chemical vapors before the crash around 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Lake Hallie.
Authorities identified the girls as 9-year-old Jayna Kelley and 10-year-old Autum Helgeson, both of Lake Hallie, and 10-year-old Haylee Hickle, from the Town of Lafayette. Hickle's mother, 32-year-old Sara Jo Schneider, was also killed.
The victims were picking up trash in the ditches of County Highway P when they were struck.
Prosecutors are considering 13 charges against Treu, including four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.
