FRANKLIN - A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student remains in critical condition after being crushed by a semitrailer truck over the weekend.

The Coca-Cola truck had just finished a delivery at the Sentry Foods store at 7140 S. 76th St. in Franklin. The driver made a narrow turn to leave around a group of sorority sisters washing cars.

The turn proved too narrow and 22-year-old Lauren Molitor became pinned between the semi and an SUV the young women were washing.

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"We heard something and we saw all the vehicles coming," said witness Cheryl Sadowski.

It was a shortly after 1:00 Saturday afternoon when she heard the commotion from a block away.

She rushed to an elderly woman sobbing.

"I just kept hugging her, telling her to pray that it would be OK," she said.

She says that woman was Lauren's grandmother.

Froedtert Hospital listed Molitor in critical condition Sunday night. Franklin Police Chief Rick Oliva told TODAY'S TMJ4 she suffered major internal injuries.

Molitor along with her fellow members of the Kappa Tau sorority were in the middle of washing the black SUV as part of a fundraiser for juvenile diabetes.

That's when police said the Coke truck crushed Molitor up against the vehicle.

"She was pinned for a short time. They did move the truck a few feet in order to release her from being pinned," said Chief Oliva.

At this point, police are calling this an unfortunate accident. They do not believe the driver was drinking or did anything wrong.

Molitor is a senior at UWM in the School of Education.

Many students hadn't heard about the accident on Sunday night.

"I'm kind of taken back by it. To be doing a charity wash and get hit by a car, you never know what happens," said UWM sophomore Leigh-Ayne Thomas.

"It's really tragic and surprising that something like that would happen at an event like that," said UWM senior Claire Van Fossen.

The Molitor family requested prayers, according to a Froedtert spokesperson. Family members, friends and sorority sisters remained at the hospital Saturday night hoping for an improvement.

This as a lot of people wonder: how could this happen?

"It's not unusual to see car washes here, and I've never heard of anything like this happening," said Sadowski.

TMJ4 went to the Wauwatosa home of the 36-year-old semi driver. The driver declined comment at the scene and at his home. A woman who answered the door at the home said the driver is distressed about what happened.