PORTAGE, Wis. (AP) — A woman who was a passenger on an off-road vehicle was struck and killed by a falling tree in Columbia County.
Dispatchers got a call Sunday afternoon about the injured woman who was trapped in the Town of Lewiston, according to sheriff’s officials.
READ MORE: How To Watch: Aurora FC Home Games Will Stream On CBS News MinnesotaFirst responders crossed field paths to reach the scene. They found a large oak tree has fallen onto the off-road vehicle as the woman and her husband were mowing the path.
READ MORE: Buffalo High School Students Walk Out To Protest Gun ViolenceThe woman was taken to an ambulance waiting at the roadside, but living saving measures were unsuccessful. Her husband suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Portage firefighters, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and UW MedFlight assisted at the scene.
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