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Updated: Wednesday, 06 Feb 2013, 11:32 AM CST
Published : Tuesday, 05 Feb 2013, 3:45 PM CST

TOWN OF NIAGARA - UPDATE: Sheriff's officials have identified the people involved in the crash. Heather M. Vandenwildenberg, 29, of the town of Beecher, was killed. The driver was identified as Joshua E. Faccio, 23, of Pembine. The other passenger was Timothy G. Thew, 21, of Niagara.

Our original report follows:

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A woman was killed and two men hurt in a Tuesday morning crash in Marinette County.

The sheriff's department says the crash happened around 9:30 a.m. on County Highway O on the Pemenee Creek Bridge in the town of Niagara. An SUV headed south crashed into a bridge abutment.

All three people in the SUV were taken to the hospital. One of the passengers, a 29-year-old town of Beecher woman, died at the hospital. The driver, a 23-year-old Pembine man, and another passenger, a 21-year-old Niagara man, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Their names have not been released.

Investigators say the SUV was traveling too fast for conditions on the snowy road. Not using seat belts also contributed to the injuries.