FREEDOM, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in Outagamie say they believe alcohol to be a factor in a two-vehicle crash that left two people hurt Sunday evening.
According to a release from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 6:30 p.m. to the intersection of State Highway 55 and Greiner Road in Freedom for reports of a two-vehicle crash.
Officials say a preliminary investigation showed that while one vehicle, driven by a 57-year-old Pulaski woman, was heading north on State Highway 55, another vehicle, driven by a 26-year-old man, failed to stop at a stop sign going west on Greiner Road and crashed into the first vehicle.
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Both drivers were hurt and needed to be taken to nearby hospitals, with the 57-year-old woman’s injuries being described as serious.
State Highway 55 was shut down for about an hour and a half, and deputies believe that alcohol was a factor in the crash.
No other information is available at this time and an investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
