ELBA, Wis. (WFRV) – A 22-year-old woman who was driving the wrong way on US Highway 151 in central Wisconsin was pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on crash with another vehicle.
Just after 11 p.m. on Friday, April 18, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office got a report of a wrong-way vehicle on US Highway 151 that was southbound in the northbound lanes near State Highway 73 in Elba.
Roughly a minute after the initial call, a second came in reporting a head-on collision in the same area.
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According to a preliminary investigation, a 22-year-old woman from Beaver Dam was driving a 2005 Toyota Rav4 on the wrong side of the highway when she crashed head-on with a northbound 2019 Toyota Corolla. Deputies say the Rav4 rolled several times after the crash.
The 22-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. Two of her passengers, a pair of 17-year-old girls, were seriously injured and taken to area hospitals.
A 37-year-old woman from Fond du Lac, who was the only one in the Corolla, suffered non-life-threatening injuries but was also hospitalized.
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The crash remains under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office and the following agencies assisted during the incident:
- Columbia County Highway Department
- Columbia County Sheriff’s Office
- Columbus Fire Department
- Columbus Police Department
- Dodge County Crash Investigation Team.
- Dodge County Emergency Response Team
- Fall River Police Department
- Lifestar EMS
This crash remains under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office. No other details have been released.
