CENTER, Wis. (WFRV) – A man and a woman were left with ‘serious injuries’ after allegedly running through a stop sign in Outagamie County and crashing into a pickup truck.
According to the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the intersection of CTY TK EE and Wege Road in the Town of Center around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 19 for reports of a crash.
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A preliminary investigation reportedly showed that a vehicle, driven by a 72-year-old woman with a 75-year-old male passenger, both from Freedom, was westbound on Wege Road when she allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign.
After the missed stop sign, the vehicle crashed into a southbound pickup truck, which was hauling a trailer, on CTY TK EE.
Both passengers of the westbound vehicle were taken to a local hospital with what deputies described as ‘serious injuries.’
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Two adults and three young kids from Appleton were in the pickup truck at the time of the crash. One of the kids was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, deputies say.
In the release, deputies ruled out alcohol as a factor. No additional details were provided.
