UPDATE: The sheriff’s office identifies the truck driver and passenger as Ronald Woelfel and Nancy Woelfel. The other driver, Vicky Fesing, remains hospitalized as of March 7.
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TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN, Wis. — Two people are dead and another is seriously hurt following a crash in Calumet County.
The sheriff’s office says an SUV crossed the centerline along State Highway 32/57 in the town of Charlestown and struck a pickup truck head-on around 6:20 p.m. Wednesday.
The 73-year-old man driving the truck and the 70-year-old woman riding with him — both from the New Holstein area — were taken to a nearby hospital where they were pronounced dead. The 57-year-old Chilton-area woman operating the SUV was taken to the same hospital where she is reportedly in critical condition.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
[Calumet County Sheriff’s Office]
