VIROQUA, Wis. – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports on Thursday evening, January 2, at approximately 9 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office was notified of a single-vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of County Road NN & Getter Road in rural Viroqua on the border with the towns of Viroqua and Franklin.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, Mitchell S. Moore, 34, of rural Viroqua was operating a pickup truck traveling west on Getter Road. The vehicle traveled straight through the “T” intersection with County Road NN and struck a tree along the west side of County Road NN.
Moore was injured, transported to Vernon Memorial Healthcare, in Viroqua, WI, and later released.
Assisting the Sheriff’s Office were the Viroqua Police Department, Viroqua Fire Department, Viroqua Emergency Medical Responders, and Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance.
The operator was not wearing a seat belt, but the airbags were deployed.
The investigation continued and Mitchell Moore was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, 5th offense. He was released to a responsible person and scheduled to appear in Vernon County Circuit Court on February 4 at 8:30 a.m. Formal charges will be sought through Vernon County District Attorney Angela Palmer-Fisher. A charge is merely an accusation. Moore is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
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