ROCK TOWNSHIP, WI : Crash in Rock County kills Janesville woman on Sunday, 23rd April 2023

A crash turned fatal after a driver drifted into oncoming traffic Sunday morning.

The Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a head-on collision on S County Road D south of W Hanover Rd in Rock Township at 6 a.m. Sunday, where a man traveling northbound crossed into the path of a woman traveling southbound, the sheriff’s office said.

The 49-year-old man was driving a 2020 Dodge Durango when he crossed over the center line and collided with a 54-year-old Janesville woman driving a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and her identity has not been released yet, police said.

The man was treated at St. Mary’s Hospital in Janesville for his injuries. He was arrested on a charge of Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle and cited for Operating a Motor Vehicle Left of Center and Open Intoxicants in a Motor Vehicle, the sheriff’s office said.


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