Identity of two drivers killed in St. Croix County crash released

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The St. Croix County sheriff’s office has released the identity of two men killed in an early morning Fourth of July crash.

St. Croix County authorities received a call about 4:04 a.m. Friday from a cellphone’s automatic collision notification. Police tracked the phone and located a two-vehicle crash near the 2200 block of Highway DD in Baldwin Township.

According to a press release from the St. Croix County sheriff’s office, Cody W. Klasse, 18, from Emerald, Wis., was driving a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze traveling westbound on the highway and collided with Maxwell L. Krueger, 24, of Baldwin, Wisc. who was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Equinox traveling eastbound.

Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. No passengers were involved.

This incident represents the fourth and fifth traffic fatalities recorded by St. Croix County in 2025.
This crash remains under investigation.

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