The two Forest Lake Area High School students injured Tuesday when they were struck by a car on U.S. Highway 61 are expected to make full recoveries, school officials said Thursday.
Jase Blanchard and Samuel Farinella, both 15 and both of Forest Lake, are recuperating at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, officials said.
“We are relieved to share that the two Forest Lake Area High School students who were struck by a car on Tuesday are currently recuperating at the hospital and are expected to make a full recovery,” school officials said Thursday, adding that the families of the boys have declined media interviews at this time “while they focus on (the boys’) healing and recovery.”
The boys were crossing U.S. 61 in the crosswalk at 202nd Street North with other members of the Forest Lake Area High School track team about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when they were struck by Robert L. Creager, 84, of Lindstrom, who was driving a 2001 Cadillac DeVille southbound on U.S. 61, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The boys’ injuries were so severe that they had to be flown by helicopter to Regions Hospital, officials said. Creager, the driver, suffered non-life threatening injuries as a result of the crash, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.
The crash remains under investigation.
Plans call for a stoplight to be erected at the intersection of U.S. Highway 61 and 202nd Street, also known as Washington County Road 50, when funding becomes available, county officials said.
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