One Killed, Two Seriously Injured After Car Strikes Disabled Semi Near Waupun

(Town of Chester) One person was killed and two were flown with serious injuries after a motorist struck a disabled semi parked along Highway 151 near Waupun. The crash occurred in the northbound lanes at County Highway M Saturday at 8:29am. 

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office reports that the disabled 2020 International semi truck pulling double trailers was parked on the northbound shoulder when a 2017 Chevy Sonic drifted onto the paved shoulder, striking the semi-trailer.  

A front seat passenger, a 38-year-old female from Fall River, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the passenger car, a 59-year-old male from Fall River, sustained serious injury and was taken by UW-Med Flight helicopter to UW-Hospital in Madison.  A 14-year-old female passenger from Fall River was ejected from the car and sustained serious life threatening injuries.  She was taken to Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam, where she was then transported by Flight for Life helicopter to UW-Hospital in Madison.  A 9-year-old female from Fall River sustained minor injuries and was treated at SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital.  The semi driver, a 32-year-old male from Oshkosh, was not injured.  

The crash remains under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Team and the Dodge County Medical Examiner’s Office.  

The Waupun Fire Department, Lifestar EMS, Beaver Dam Paramedics, Waupun Police Department, Town of Beaver Dam Police Department, and the Dodge County Emergency Response Team assisted at the scene. 

Names are being withheld pending family notification.