CHRISTIANA, Wis. (WFRV) – An 82-year-old man was killed in a head-on crash with a military vehicle on a State Highway in western Wisconsin on Wednesday.
According to the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch got word of a two-vehicle, head-on crash on State Highway 27 in Christiana around noon on April 29.
Deputies say that a pickup truck driven by an 82-year-old man from Boscobel was southbound on STH 27 near Paulson Road when he reportedly crossed the centerline and crashed head-on with an Oshkosh Defense Medium Tactical Vehicle. The military vehicle was traveling in a convoy.
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The driver of the pickup truck was identified as John LeRoy Shimpach. Shimpach was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver and passenger of the military truck were identified as Illinois residents, both members of the Illinois National Guard. Deputies say that both suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident remains under investigation by the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office.
