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A car accident in the Town of Marathon killed one person and injured two others on Saturday.  Just after 9:10 p.m., a car traveling east on County Highway N and a car traveling northbound on State Highway 107 collided. Passenger Norman Hack from the Town of Marathon died from injuries he suffered in the crash.  The driver and another passenger from the same car were taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital for their injuries.  Investigation is ongoing, and few details about how the crash occurred are available at this time.

A Portage County one-vehicle crash injured four people on Friday evening.  An 18-year-old Stevens Point man was driving westbound on Fourth Street in the town of Stockton when he crested a hill at a high speed and lost control, skidding into a ditch and then back across the road and into a tree.  Two of the vehicle's occupants, including the driver, were seriously injured and were airlifted to Aspirus Wausau Hospital and Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

A hit-and-run in Wausau injured two people on Thursday.  A 65-year-old man and a 68-year-old woman were injured when another driver struck their car at the intersection of North Sixth and McClellan streets and then fled the scene. Police found the suspect, Matthew Gendron, a few blocks away, parked and trying to flee on foot.  Gendron was arrested on preliminary charges of a hit-and-run and second-offense intoxicated driving.  He was also given traffic citations for driving without insurance or a license and for running a stop sign.

A collision near downtown Wausau on Thursday afternoon caused injury to at least one person.  A woman was driving east on Jefferson Street when she ran a stop sign at Seventh Street and was hit by a pickup truck.  The force of the collision pushed both vehicles onto a nearby sidewalk. The woman was taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital for her injuries. The crash caused Seventh Street to close temporarily between Washington and Jefferson streets. Wausau police are still investigating the accident.