Eau Claire,WI : Alcohol suspected in crash that led to death on February, Monday 12th 2018

A Boyceville woman is dead and her daughter injured after a two-vehicle crash Monday in the town of Sherman, according to a news release from the Dunn County sheriff’s office.

The Dunn County E-911 Center received a report at 12:42 p.m. of a two-vehicle crash on Highway 79, about three miles south of Boyceville.

A 54-year-old woman who was driving a Chevrolet SUV was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dunn County medical examiner. Her 19-year-old daughter was a passenger and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. She was transported to Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Cedar in Menomonie.

The lone 47-year-old Boyceville man driving a northbound Kia SUV was injured with apparent non-life-threatening injuries and transported to Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire.

An initial investigation shows the Kia crossed the center line and hit the Chevrolet head-on.

Alcohol is suspected to be a contributing factor with the driver of the Kia, who appeared to have been operating on the wrong side of the road.

The Wisconsin State Patrol is working on a reconstruction of the crash.

Criminal charges against the 47-year-old driver will be determined by the Dunn County district attorney once evidence is fully gathered.

Names are not yet being released.

Dunn County deputies, Boyceville police, fire and ambulance and Menomonie Fire and EMS responded to the scene.

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Alcohol suspected in crash that led to death