TOWN OF LAWRENCE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A woman was arrested in a suspected OWI crash that killed a man and injured his 14-year-old son.
It happened around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday in the area of French Road and Little Rapids Road in the town of Lawrence.
Hobart-Lawrence police say a 47-year-old woman from Denmark was driving a Ford Edge on French Road when it struck another vehicle, a Ford Fusion, head on in the lane of traffic.
The Ford Edge rolled over and started on fire.
The driver of the Ford Fusion, a 46-year-old Hortonville man, died at the scene. The passenger in that vehicle, a 14-year-old boy, sustained critical injuries and was taken to the hospital.
The 47-year-old woman was taken into the hospital for treatment. Police say she is also in custody on initial charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing injury.
The crash remains under investigation.
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