STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) — A one-vehicle crash on Interstate 39 killed one person and injured another Monday morning.
According to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle was northbound near mile marker 164 when the driver lost control of the vehicle and over-corrected. The vehicle crossed into the ditch, rolling several times.
The driver was able to escape the vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries. His passenger, identified as 73-year-old Rebecca M. Clasen of Wisconsin Rapids, had to be extracted from the vehicle and rushed to a Wausau hospital where she died.
No further details were released, and the crash remains under investigation.
