Personal Injury

One man has died and a young boy remains in critical condition following a Friday evening crash in Wood County.  A 31-year-old Vesper man and a 10-year-old boy were traveling north in a horse-drawn wagon on County Highway HH near Hayes Lane in the town of Hansen.  They were hit from behind by a pickup truck that was traveling north on the same highway.  Both occupants of the horse-drawn wagon were ejected and seriously injured.  Both were airlifted to Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield in critical condition.  The 31-year-old man has since died from his injuries.

A Lincoln County highway worker was struck by a car and killed on Tuesday afternoon.  According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Department, the 50-year-old worker was flagging southbound traffic on Highway 17 in the town of Merrill.  He was holding a stop sign to prevent southbound traffic from proceeding when he was struck by a car driven by an 84-year-old woman.  The collision caused the car to roll several times in a ditch on the east side of Highway 17 before it came to rest in a creek.  The highway worker was pronounced dead at Good Samaritan Hospital in Merrill.

A Saturday night collision south of Athens killed a pedestrian.  According to the Marathon County Sheriff's Department, the car versus pedestrian accident took place on Highway 97 north of Wuertzburg Road, in the Town of Johnson. The pedestrian, a woman in her mid-60's, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Portions of Highway 97 were closed for hours on Saturday night.  Athens EMS and Fire, the Wisconsin State Patrol, the Marathon County Crash Reconstruction Team and the Medical Examiners' Office also responded to the scene.

A Sunday morning crash in the town of Mayville killed one person and injured at least three others.  According to the Clark County Sheriff's Office, a vehicle traveling northbound on Highway 13 near Center Road spun out on the road and struck a southbound vehicle.  The 74-year-old driver of the northbound vehicle was ejected and later pronounced dead at the scene.