A crash leaves one teenager dead and three others critically hurt.

The Buffalo County Sheriff's Department says it happened around 7:30 Sunday night at the intersection of County Highway TT and Hagness Road in Mondovi.

17-year-old Jacob Froehlich of Mondovi was driving a pickup truck westbound on TT when it collided with an eastbound car driven by 16-year-old Taylor Risler of Mondovi.

Deputies say 17-year-old Jamie McKillip of Mondovi was riding in the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene.

16-year-old Jacob Teigen and 16-year-old Anthony Owens, both of Mondovi, were riding in the car with Risler and were airlifted to St. Mary's in Rochester where they were listed in critical condition. Risler was taken to Luther Hospital in Eau Claire. There’s no word on Froehlich’s condition.

Deputies say none of the teens were wearing seatbelts.

All of the teens involved were students at Mondovi High School.

Some students there say Tuesday was the worst first day of school ever.

And Principal Mike Bruning says he's never had a first day like it.

"It's such a huge shock to lose a member of our school family like that,” he says.

Bruning says he always starts the first day of school with a pep assembly, but he says Tuesday’s was unlike any other he's had before.

"We talked about the accident and talked about the importance of caring for one another at our school and community is really a family. And families need to pull together in times of sadness and loss,” he says.

Bruning says when there are only 375 students in the school, it's obvious when someone is missing, especially someone like Jamie McKillip.

"She was very well liked by all of her classmates,” he says.

The principal says Jamie was athletic, playing both volleyball and basketball.

And he says she volunteered her time helping out at the elementary school.

Bruning says the school has rooms set up for counseling at the school all week.

And he says the student body is really pulling together to help each other get through this tragic time.

We also talked to Jamie's father, Pat McKillip, who is also the Eleva Police Chief.

He says it's hard being on this side of the crash.

"I've seen it from both sides of the coin now. I've been on the side where kids have been killed, other kids have been killed, and now it's happened to me," McKillip says.

Jamie's visitation is Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Kjentvet-Smith Funeral Home in Mondovi. The funeral is Friday morning at Central Lutheran Church, also in Mondovi.