Richland Center man injured in rural Westby crash
Richland Center man injured in rural Westby crash
Apr 15, 2025, 10:01 AM CT
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WESTBY, Wis (WRCO / WRCE) – A Richland Center man was injured in a crash in Vernon County. Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports that at approximately 4:45 Sunday, the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified of a single-vehicle rollover on County Road D, east of Hall Road, in rural Westby.
Ralph E. Smalley, 62 of Richland Center, was traveling west on County Road D when he experienced a suspected medical episode. The vehicle left the roadway on a curve, traveled down an embankment, struck trees, overturned, and came to rest on its roof. Smalley was able to exit the vehicle on his own and was transported to Vernon Memorial Healthcare, in Viroqua by La Farge Area Ambulance.
Assisting the Sheriff’s Office at the scene were the La Farge Fire Department, and the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at joann.krulatz@civicmedia.us.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
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