Two people, including a 77-year-old Wilton woman, were taken to the hospital after a semi crashed into a fireworks stand near Love’s Travel Stop in Oakdale on June 29.
The driver of the semi, 47-year-old Richard Isaboke of Hamilton, N.J., is thought to have suffered a medical emergency before the 2013 Volvo semi he was driving left the roadway and struck the fireworks stand that was set up near the parking lot for the gas station. The fireworks stand was pushed about 15 feet. The semi then continued through the parking lot before exiting the roadway again, coming to rest on the south end of the property.
The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m.
A pedestrian, 77-year-old Ettamae Henze of Wilton, was sitting inside the fireworks stand when it was struck, and she sustained a head injury. She was transported to the hospital by Tomah Ambulance. Isaboke also was transported to the hospital by ambulance, but was then taken by Med-Flight to La Crosse.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Monroe County 911 Communications Center, Wisconsin State Patrol, Tomah Ambulance, and the Oakdale Fire Department.
