Passenger in hit-and-run crash that killed 4 in NW WI enters plea By AP author article CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. - The passenger in a pickup truck that struck and killed three Girl Scouts and a mother who were picking up litter along a Chippewa County highway has pleaded no contest to a charge for his role in the 2018 crash. John Stender, 24, of Eau Claire, entered the plea Monday to aiding a felon-falsifying information. A misdemeanor charge relating to huffing from an aerosol can was dismissed. Stender was charged for failing to assist law enforcement following the crash and not returning to t...