ARCADIA, Wis. (WFRV) – A driver in Wisconsin is reportedly blaming a locked steering wheel for a crash that occurred Wednesday night and resulted in only minor injuries.
According to a release from the Trempealeu County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were alerted to a crash with unknown injuries at 6:18 p.m. on County Road A in the Town of Arcadia.
Officials say a Gray Ford Explorer was heading east on County Road A when the driver, 23-year-old Roberto Gonzalez, was unable to negotiate a curve and drove off the roadway into a ditch before crashing into a culvert embankment.
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Gonzalez reportedly blamed the failure to negotiate the curve on the steering wheel, saying that it had locked and caused the vehicle to run off the road.
A passenger in the car, 25-year-old Rejina Gomez, reported a minor hand injury but refused to be taken to the hospital for medical treatment.
No other information is available at this time.
