VIROQUA, Wis. – The Vernon County Sheriff’s Office is reporting a two vehicle head-on crash on Pierce Hill Road in the town of Viroqua at approximately 7:15 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 10.
According to the Sheriff’s Office 21-year-old Robert Brand, of Hillsboro, Wis. was traveling west on Pierce Hill Road and attempted to pass two vehicles while approaching a knoll. The operator of the other vehicle, Kimberly Johnson, 55, of Viroqua was traveling east coming over the knoll and was unable to avoid the pickup truck in her lane. The vehicles struck nearly head on and came to rest in the front yard of a private residence.
The report goes on to say Johnson was wearing her seatbelt and had to be extricated from the vehicle by the Viroqua Fire Department. She was then flown by Gundersen Air to Emplify/Gundersen Health System in LaCrosse, Wis. with serious injuries.
Brand was not wearing his seatbelt and was able to exit his vehicle under his own power. He also sustained injuries and was taken by private vehicle to Vernon Memorial Hospital in Viroqua, WI.
Several airbags were deployed in both vehicles.
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