GRANTSBURG - A 2015 Stevens Point Area Senior High graduate died in a crash with a semi truck in northwestern Wisconsin along with a former college classmate who was working as a newspaper reporter.

The Burnett County Sheriff's Office on Monday identified the victims as Micaela Schneider, 22, of Plover and Olivia Johnson, also 22, of St. Paul, Minnesota.

The crash happened about 3 p.m. Saturday on Wisconsin 70 in the town of Grantsburg. A preliminary investigation determined that Schneider was driving a 2004 Honda Accord west when she lost control and collided with a semi coming from the opposite direction, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Schneider and Johnson were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver and passenger in the semi suffered "no significant injuries," the sheriff said in a Facebook post.

Schneider and Johnson were classmates at the University of Minnesota, according to the Star Tribune, which also reported that Johnson had been an intern in the Minneapolis newspaper's newsroom in 2018.

After graduating from SPASH, Schneider earned a business degree at Minnesota and started a job in July as a retail marketing associate for Warner Brothers in Burbank, California, according to her LinkedIn profile. She previously interned for NBCUniversal Media in the Twin Cities.

Schneider was born in Galesburg, Illinois and moved to the Stevens Point area with her family in 2008, according to her obituary for the Stevens Point Journal. She attended Roosevelt Elementary and Ben Franklin Junior High before going to SPASH, where she participated in track and cross country.

She was a member of Woodlands Church and remained active with her faith through college, according to the obituary. Survivors include her parents, Doug and Jen Schneider, and siblings, Graham and Maddie, all of Plover. Her funeral is scheduled at 11 a.m. Friday at Woodlands Church in Plover.

Johnson, who also interned at the Pioneer Press newspaper in the Twin Cities, went on to become a news reporter for the News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., according to the Star Tribune.

News & Advance regional editor Caroline Glickman told the Star Tribune on Monday that Johnson joined the staff in August and covered local housing, education and other issues.

The crash is still under investigation.

Contact Mark Treinen at 715-845-0655 or mtreinen@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MarkTreinen, Instagram at @mark_treinen or Facebook at @Mark Treinen.