MONROE COUNTY, Wis. – One man is dead and another was injured after a vehicle crashed into a tractor on State Highway 12 in the Town of Lincoln in Monroe County.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Oct., at just after 2 p.m., a pickup truck headed north near Cortland Ave. rear-ended a tractor that was also traveling north. The crash caused the tractor to enter the ditch and overturn.
The operator of the tractor, a 54 year-old Tomah, Wis. man, was injured in the crash and taken by ambulance with serious injuries. The driver of the pickup truck, a 78 year-old Warrens man, died on scene.
State Highway 12 was closed and traffic needed to be rerouted for about 2 hours.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Monroe County 911 Communications Center, Monroe County Emergency Management, Wisconsin State Patrol, Warrens Fire Department, Warrens First Responders, Tomah Ambulance, Tomah Rescue Techs, and the Monroe County Medical Examiner.
This incident remains under investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
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