(WFRV) – One woman is currently in critical condition after being airlifted from the scene of a snowmobile crash Sunday morning in Wisconsin.
According to a release from the Fort Atkinson Fire Department, emergency personnel responded at 11:20 a.m. to Lake Koshkonong in the Town of Sumner near North Shore Road for reports of a snowmobile crash.
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Arriving crews say they found a single snowmobile along with a lone operator about 500 yards offshore out on frozen Lake Koshkonong.
First responders were able to reach the operator of the snowmobile, a woman believed to be in her 40’s, by using a UTV. Once reaching the injured woman, they began to give her immediate emergency medical care before taking her back to shore with a UTV.
Due to the location of the incident and the extent of the woman’s injuries, UW Med Flight was called in, and a landing zone was established on Highway 106 and North Shore Road, where the woman was then flown to a trauma center in critical condition.
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The woman was the only one involved in the crash, and Highway 106 was closed for about 30 minutes while crews responded to the incident.
At this time, no other information is available, and an investigation into the snowmobile crash is ongoing.
