Vernon County, WI : Five injury in head-on crash in Vernon County after driver falls asleep on Sunday, August 3, 2014
An Iowa woman who told deputies she fell asleep while driving crashed into an oncoming vehicle Sunday afternoon in Vernon County, with none of the five people in the two vehicles injured in the crash.
The crash happened at about 5-20 p.m. Sunday on Highway 35 just north of DeSoto, the Vernon County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Judith Felke, 72, Waukon, Iowa, was southbound on Highway 35 when her vehicle crossed the center line and struck a northbound vehicle driven by Shirley Gruden, 73, La Crosse.
A passenger in Felke's vehicle, Nanferd Felke, 71, Waukon, Iowa, and two passengers in Gruden's vehicle, Mavis Knutson, 73, La Crescent, Minnesota, and Claire Miller, 71, La Crescent, Minnesota, were not injured.
All five people in the two cars were wearing seat belts.
The crash remains under investigation.
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