One person dead and one seriously injured after being ejected during a motorcycle crash in Wisconsin
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in central Wisconsin say one person is dead and another is seriously injured after they were ejected from a motorcycle during a crash Saturday morning.
According to a release from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, a passerby alerted deputies at 10:30 a.m. of a motorcycle crash with serious injuries on State Highway 33 near Thompson Road in Beaver Dam.
Officials say a group of motorcycles were heading east on State Highway 33 and had begun to slow down in traffic due to another vehicle turning into a driveway.
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One of the motorcycles is said to have lost control and both the driver, a 42-year-old man from Beaver Dam, and a passenger, a 50-year-old woman from Beaver Dam, were ejected from the vehicle.
The 42-year-old man was flown from the scene by UW Med Flight to a level 2 trauma center with life-threatening injuries. The 50-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Neither of the two people ejected from the motorcycle were wearing a helmet which officials say was a factor in the seriousness of the injuries suffered from the crash.
At this time, no other information is available and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.
