TOWN OF CALAMUS, WI : A Columbus man injured in a crash on May, Monday 1st 2017
A Columbus man injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 151 Friday night died of his injuries Monday, according to the Dodge County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office said Hans Kubik, 68, and Mary Larson, 68, were both initially transported to Beaver Dam Community Hospital by ambulance. Kubik was then transported to UW Madison by Flight For Life and Larson was taken to UW Hospital in Madison by ambulance.
Kubik died Monday. There was no update on Larson's condition.
The sheriff's office said in a release that Kubik was driving a 2002 GMC pickup south on U.S. Highway 151 just south of County Highway DE in the right lane about midnight Friday. A 2017 Peterbilt semi pulling a box trailer being driven by John Lighthart, 53, Rockford, Illinois, also traveling south, struck the rear of the pickup. The pickup went off the road into the right ditch and overturned.
Lighthart was uninjured in the crash.
Beaver Dam Police, Beaver Dam Fire Department and Paramedics, town of Beaver Dam Police and Flight For Life personnel assisted at the crash site.
The crash remains under investigation by the Dodge County Crash Investigation Team.
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Columbus man dies in crash