Fitchburg , WI : one person was killed and two were injured in two-vehicle crash on Saturday , December 13th 2014

One person died Friday night in a two-vehicle crash in Fitchburg that occurred after one of the vehicles crossed the centerline of a county highway, Fitchburg police said Saturday. A northbound vehicle occupied by two people crossed the centerline in the 2500 block of County Highway MM about 6:40 p.m. and struck a southbound vehicle occupied by one person, according to the preliminary investigation. The driver of the vehicle that was struck was pronounced dead at the scene, Fitchburg police said in a news release. The driver of the vehicle that crossed the centerline was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The passenger was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, police said. The Wisconsin State Patrol's Traffic Crash Reconstruction Team was assisting with the investigation. A portion of the highway was closed for nearly seven hours after the crash. Police were withholding the name of the person who died pending notification of family. source : 1 dead, 2 injured in head-on crash in Fitchburg