TOWN OF GRATIOT — A woman found lying unconscious in a river in rural Gratiot with her crashed vehicle nearby is doing “extremely well” in her recovery from the accident, according to Lafayette County Sheriff Reg Gill.

Angela S. Goebel, 47, Gratiot, sustained severe injuries after her 2016 Jeep went off Dunbarton Road west of Hicks Road and crashed. She was flown by Medflight helicopter to the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison.

The accident was discovered at about 5:40 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, but Gill estimated that it happened five or six hours earlier, after Goebel got off work in Cuba City at 10 or 11 p.m. the night before. Deputies determined she was eastbound when she lost control and her Jeep crossed the centerline, entered the opposite ditch and came to rest after hitting a fence.

The vehicle just missed a bridge and landed on the bank of a river, Gill said. It appeared she got out and then lost consciousness while partially submerged in the water.

When first responders pulled her out of the river, “her body temperature was about 80 degrees,” Gill said.

Deputies are still investigating the cause of the accident.