Two traffic crashes occurred about 6:45 a.m. today in the southbound lane of Highway 41 south of Oshkosh.

Authorities reported one crash was a rollover in the median with at least one person trapped in the vehicle. A second crash happened in the vicinity of the first crash and involved a pickup truck that struck the rear of a semi tractor trailer.

Emergency personnel reported there were injuries.Fond du Lac Flight for Life was paged to the crash scenes.

The Highway 41 southbound lanes at Highway 26 are closed to traffic due to the crashes.

Officials from the Wisconsin State Patrol said Highway 41 southbound traffic should exit at Highway 26, turn south on County Trunk C and east on County Trunk N in Fond du Lac County to get back to Highway 41.

Source: The Northwestern

An elderly woman was flown to a Madison hospital Wednesday in stable condition, but with possible head injuries, after being struck by a truck at a pedestrian crossing in downtown Baraboo.

Shortly before 2 p.m., rescue crews were called to the intersection of Second Avenue and Broadway, said Terry Wise, Baraboo District Ambulance Service chief. An elderly woman had been hit while crossing the street, and ambulance personnel suspect she suffered head injuries, he said.

A Baraboo ambulance took her to St. Clare Hospital’s emergency room, Wise said.

The large Ford F250 pickup truck sat in the intersection while Baraboo firefighters directed traffic. Police officers interviewed the driver and witnesses, and other firefighters cleaned up remnants of the accident.

The truck driver refused to give his name, but said he was traveling west on Second Avenue and was turning south on Broadway for a trip to Wal-Mart. As he moved through the intersection he was distracted by a vehicle that was signaling for a turn and he said he didn’t see the pedestrian.

“She was in the crosswalk here,” said the distraught man. “All I could see was her head.”

Source: WISCNews