Thursday, July 3, 2008 --- 8:30 a.m.

TOWNSHIP OF STOCKTON, Wis. (AP) -- Two people are dead and four others are injured in a Portage County collision between a car and an SUV pulling a boat.

The sheriff's department says the crash happened Wednesday about 7:30 p.m. at an intersection in the Township of Stockton.

The 42-year-old female driver of the car and a 35-year-old male passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. Both lived in Portage County. Two animals in the car also died.

Four young people in the SUV were injured. The 21-year-old driver and two 16-year-old passengers were taken to St. Michael's Hospital in Stevens Point.

Another 16-year-old passenger in the SUV was taken by helicopter to St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. All four are from the Plover area.

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