Town of Trade Lake, WI : Woman dies in one-car rollover accident in Trade Lake Township on Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Midmorning Wednesday a woman was killed in a one-car rollover accident on the sweeping curve of State Road 48 at its intersection with County Road Y in Trade Lake Township, about eight miles southeast of Grantsburg. She was alone in the vehicle, which had a Minnesota license plate.

The Burnett County Sheriff’s Office report states a 2002 Ford Explorer was traveling westbound on State Highway 48 when the driver failed to negotiate a curve near County Road Y, left the roadway and overturned, striking a tree. The female driver, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Burnett County Medical Examiner.

The identity of the victim has not been released. Investigation and crash reconstruction continues by the Burnett County Sheriff’s Office.

The accident occurred about 10:40 a.m. A Sentinel reporter at the accident scene at 11 a.m. Wednesday observed the vehicle had come to rest on its passenger side against a tree in the front yard of the home at 12315 State Road 48. The house is situated close to the roadway midway through the turn.

From tire tracks leading from the road into the yard, the Sentinel reporter observed that the vehicle was traveling northbound on State Road 48 when the driver lost control, swerved west, ran over the fire number yard sign and struck the tree.

Although the driver was alone in the vehicle, first reports were that children were in the vehicle. That was later determined to be false.

Grantsburg Fire Department assisted at the scene. Further details will be posted here when the accident report is released.

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Woman dies in one-car rollover accident