FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (WKBT) — One woman was injured after falling asleep behind the wheel and striking a parked semi, the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office said.
According to a release, Buffalo County responded to reports of a crash around 9:30 p.m. A car had hit a parked semi near 39 North Shore Drive in Fountain City.
Emergency crews say they learned the driver, a 56-year-old woman from Alma, fell asleep and struck the back of a legally parked semi. The semi was unoccupied at the time of the crash.
Stafford-Thiele was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. The crash is still under investigation.
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