BEAVER DAM, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities in Wisconsin say speed and alcohol played a primary role in a crash that left a 19-year-old seriously injured on Friday.
According to a release from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded shortly after 3:00 p.m. to State Highway 33 near Hidden Valley Drive in the township of Beaver Dam for reports of a single-vehicle crash.
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Prior to the crash, multiple callers alerted officials that a sedan was driving recklessly at a high rate of speed and was overtaking other westbound traffic.
Officials report that the car continued to overtake traffic until it attempted to do so in a no-passing zone on a curve and proceeded to lose control, enter a ditch, crash into several trees, and overturn.
The driver of the sedan, 19-year-old Caiden Luther from Grafton, was trapped in the vehicle and needed to be extricated by a local fire department.
The 19-year-old was the only occupant of the vehicle and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with serious injuries.
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Before being flown from the local hospital to a trauma center for additional treatment, Luther was arrested for Operating While Impaired.
Officials report speed and alcohol to be the primary factors in this crash which is still under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office.
