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Traffic Accidents: March 6, 2012
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Green County Sheriff

MONROE - Jared Anderson, 16, and Logan Anderson, 15, both of Albany, were injured but declined medical treatment at the scene of a one-vehicle rollover accident reported at 11:23 a.m. Sunday, March 3, on Wisconsin 59 near Oliver Road in the Town of Sylvester. Jared Anderson lost control of the vehicle after he hit a snowdrift, and it spun off the road, went into a ditch and overturned. The vehicle was severely damaged and towed from the scene.



Lafayette County Sheriff

DARLINGTON - Sheldon M. Zander, 52, reported no injuries and extensive vehicle damage at 7:45 a.m. Friday, March 2, after he hit a deer the previous night on Roller Coaster Road in the Town of Darlington.

- No injuries were reported at 11:50 a.m. Friday, March 2, after a one-vehicle accident on County H in the Town of Benton. Brandon P. Ihm, 28, Darlington, failed to negotiate a corner due to the slippery and snow-covered road. The 2010 Chevrolet slid across the road and hit a guardrail. The vehicle was moderately damaged and towed from the scene.

- No injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident on Wisconsin 23 in the Town of Willow Springs at 12:26 p.m. Friday, March 2, after Melanie J. Willborn, 37, Belmont, lost control on the snow-covered road, slid across the opposite lane and into the ditch, where it hit a driveway culvert and a sign. The 2006 Dodge truck sustained minor damage and was driven from the scene once it was pulled out of the ditch.

- No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident on Wisconsin 11 in the Town of Gratiot at 12:26 p.m. Friday, March 2, after Eric J. Willhite, 19, Brodhead, began fishtailing on the snow-covered road. He veered into the opposing lane and hit the rear end of a vehicle driven by Donald R. McKeon, 44, Darlington. Both cars traveled off the road after the collision and came to rest in a ditch, where they were pulled out by a tow truck. Willhite was able to drive his moderately damaged car from the scene. McKeon's vehicle was also moderately damaged, but it was towed away. Gratiot Fire and First Response and Rural Medical Ambulance responded to the scene.

- No injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident on Wis. 81 in the Town of Darlington at 1:55 p.m. Friday, March 2, after Tracy A. Royalle, 43, Darlington, lost control on the slippery road, veered into the ditch and hit a road sign. The 2000 Pontiac was extensively damaged and towed from the scene.

- Geralyn A. McGuire, 60, Darlington, reported no injuries and moderate vehicle damage at 4:11 a.m. Saturday, March 3, after she hit a deer on Wis. 23.

- No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle accident on County F in the Town of Darlington at 11:16 a.m. Saturday, March 3, after Linda L. Mick, 60, Darlington, hit a vehicle driven by Donald C. Flesher, 81, Darlington. Flesher told deputies he had pulled from a business driveway into Mick's path without checking both directions. The vehicles were moderately damaged and driven from the scene.

- No injuries were reported in a one-vehicle accident on Buncombe Road in the Town of Benton at 1:09 p.m. Saturday, March 3, after Michael J.T. Fitzgerald, 16, Shullsburg, lost control as he negotiated a curve on the slippery, snow-covered road. He veered off the road and plowed through a fence. The vehicle was moderately damaged.

- Deputies responded to 14 vehicles stuck in ditches or otherwise immobilized after the snowfall on Friday, March 2, including an Amish horse and buggy and a school bus. There were no reported injuries or damages in these cases.