Saturday, Nov. 4: Kevin Campton of La Farge was traveling eastbound on Canyon Avenue in the town of Union when he swerved to miss a deer, left the roadway, ran into the ditch, and struck a tree. No injuries were reported.
Saturday, Nov. 4: At about 12:30 p.m., Eben N. Swanson, 34, of La Farge was operating a vehicle eastbound on Smart Hollow Road, east of County Highway S, in the town of Webster. According to Swanson, he had left the right side of the roadway when meeting a westbound vehicle, and then his vehicle had traveled down an embankment, overturned, and struck a tree. Swanson had been wearing a seatbelt and sustained non-life-threatening injuries. A male passenger, 13, also of La Farge, was wearing a seatbelt and did not report any injuries. Both refused medical treatment at the scene.
The La Farge Fire Department and the La Farge Ambulance Service assisted the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the crash.
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Twenty-five reportable car/deer crashes were reported last week:
• Corinne Skolaski of Viroqua, on Highway 14, town of Kickapoo
• Roger Gilman of Genoa, on Highway 56, town of Genoa
• Dennis Nerison of Westby, on Highway 35, town of Genoa
• Robert Connelly of Milwaukee, on Highway 131, town of Whitestown
• Jason Winchel of Hillsboro, on County Highway V, town of Greenwood
• Dennis Isbell of Viroqua, on Highway 82, town of Sterling
• Shelley Mickelson of Coon Valley, on County Highway B, town of Coon
• Amanda Waterman of Richland Center, on Highway 14, town of Franklin
• Tonya Quackenbush of Viroqua, on Highway 56, town of Jefferson
• Tonya Wagner of Viroqua, on Highway 56, town of Harmony
• Sherri Welter of Hillsboro, on Orchard Road, town of Viroqua
• Gregory Sauer of La Crosse, on Highway 14, town of Coon
• Ann Gilbertson of Chaseburg, on County Highway KK, town of Hamburg
• Larry Krause of Viroqua, on Highway 14, town of Coon
• Grant Chadwick Hillegass of Westby, on County Highway S, town of Liberty
• William Fiorella of Gays Mills, on Highway 14, town of Franklin
• Joshua Everson of Viroqua, on Highway 14, town of Viroqua
• Robin Nelson of Richland Center, on Highway 80, town of Greenwood
• Jill Corwith of Reedsburg, on Highway 33, town of Hillsboro