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Victims of crash that killed 3 identified

SPENCER, Wis. (AP) - Authorities investigating a highway crash that killed three people in central Wisconsin say one of the two vehicles involved crossed over the center line.

The deadly crash happened Wednesday on Highway 13 in Spencer. The Marathon County Sheriff's Department has identified the victims. They include 22-year-old Erasto Montes, of Medford, who was in one vehicle, and James and Christine Saxild, both 71 and from Bruce. The couple was in the other vehicle.

Montes and James Saxild died at the scene. Christine Saxild was transported to an area hospital where she died of her injuries.

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