Trapped Woman Saved After Vehicle Found Upside Down In a Field With Live Wires on it

RACINE COUNTY, WI — Rescue workers saved the life of a 26-year-old East Troy woman after the vehicle she was driving veered off the road, and was found upside-down in a field with a utility pole and live electrical wires touching it, as the woman was trapped half inside her vehicle.

Just after 5 a.m. on Sunday, March 2, a one-vehicle accident in the 7400 Block of Northwest Hwy (STH 83) in the Town of Waterford.

Deputies, along with Tichigan Fire and Rescue, Wind Lake Fire and Rescue, and officers from the Town
of Waterford PD, responded to the scene.

The vehicle was upside down in a field, with a utility pole laying on top of it. There were also live electric wires touching the vehicle.

The operator and lone occupant was laying halfway out of the vehicle and was trapped. The operator was a 26 year old female from East Troy.

Electricians from WE Energies responded and disconnected the power. Rescue personnel were then able to extricate the woman.

She was flown by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital where she remains with non-life threatening injuries. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the accident. The operator was not wearing a seat belt.

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