One Eau Claire student remains hospitalized
Nathaniel Shuda
Issue date: 10/20/05 Section: Campus News
The semi-truck driver involved in a Sunday-morning crash on Interstate 94 that killed five people and injured 39, drove with a suspended license, according to a press release from the Wisconsin State Highway Patrol.
Michael John Kozlowski, 22, of Highland, Ind., was driving the truck, owned by Whole Food Products of Munster, Ind., when it left the road, overturned and then jackknifed, blocking the highway.
The chartered motor coach, carrying students, faculty members and chaperones of the Chippewa Falls High School marching band, then hit the underside of the truck.
UW-Eau Claire Senior Branden Atherton as well as Eau Claire alumnus and Chippewa Falls High School marching band director Douglas "G" Greenhalgh, 48, Chippewa Falls, died in the crash. Greenhalgh received his master's degree in education-professional development from Eau Claire in 1998.
Greenhalgh's wife, Therese Greenhalgh, 51, Chippewa Falls, and the couple's granddaughter, Morgan Greenhalgh, 11, also died, as did the bus driver, Paul Rasmus, 78, Chippewa Falls.
Of the 29 individuals hospitalized as a result of the bus crash, five of them are current Eau Claire students.
The students include: senior Amy Bowen; junior Jessica Rozga, sophomore Andrew Sazama, sophomore Ruth Weiland and senior Ryan Wilson.
Brian "C" Collicott, a 1998 Eau Claire alumnus and assistant marching band director at Chippewa Falls High School also was injured in the crash.
"Authorities tell us all have non-life threatening injuries including broken bones, cuts and bruises," wrote Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson in a message to the university community Oct. 17.
As of Wednesdayevening, Rozga remained hospitalized at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Bowen, Sazama, Weiland and Wilson all have been released.
Michael John Kozlowski, 22, of Highland, Ind., was driving the truck, owned by Whole Food Products of Munster, Ind., when it left the road, overturned and then jackknifed, blocking the highway.
| "Authorities tell us all have non-life threatening injuries." -Vicki Lord Larson Interim Chancellor |
The chartered motor coach, carrying students, faculty members and chaperones of the Chippewa Falls High School marching band, then hit the underside of the truck.
UW-Eau Claire Senior Branden Atherton as well as Eau Claire alumnus and Chippewa Falls High School marching band director Douglas "G" Greenhalgh, 48, Chippewa Falls, died in the crash. Greenhalgh received his master's degree in education-professional development from Eau Claire in 1998.
Greenhalgh's wife, Therese Greenhalgh, 51, Chippewa Falls, and the couple's granddaughter, Morgan Greenhalgh, 11, also died, as did the bus driver, Paul Rasmus, 78, Chippewa Falls.
Of the 29 individuals hospitalized as a result of the bus crash, five of them are current Eau Claire students.
The students include: senior Amy Bowen; junior Jessica Rozga, sophomore Andrew Sazama, sophomore Ruth Weiland and senior Ryan Wilson.
Brian "C" Collicott, a 1998 Eau Claire alumnus and assistant marching band director at Chippewa Falls High School also was injured in the crash.
"Authorities tell us all have non-life threatening injuries including broken bones, cuts and bruises," wrote Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson in a message to the university community Oct. 17.
As of Wednesdayevening, Rozga remained hospitalized at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Bowen, Sazama, Weiland and Wilson all have been released.
