LITTLE FALLS, Wis. — Two people were injured during a head-on crash Thursday morning on Highway 27 in Monroe County.
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. near where Highway 27 and County Road S meet in the town of Little Falls.
Authorities arrived to find a 2015 GMC Arcadia blocking both lanes of traffic and a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer off the road and against a line of trees.
A witness told officers the northbound GMC Arcadia crossed the centerline and struck the Trailblazer head-on.
The driver of the GMC Arcadia was identified as 31-year-old William Hoover, according to a release from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. The driver of the Trailblazer was identified as 55-year-old Dawn Zillmer, the release said.
Zillmer was cut from the vehicle by crews with the Sparta Area Fire Department, the release said. Both drivers were injured and taken to a nearby hospital.
Hoover was later taken into custody for reckless driving causing injury, operating a motor vehicle with a restricted controlled substance causing injury and felony bail jumping, the release said.
The crash remains under investigation by the Monroe County Sheriff’s office.
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