Motorcycle crash results in injuries

VERNON COUNTY, Wis (WRCO / WRCE) – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports late Saturday afternoon (August 2), at approximately 4:45p, the Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center received a report of a motorcycle crash on State Highway 33, near Taylor Valley Road, rural Ontario in the Town of Whitestown.

Sabrina Marie Sanderson, age 24, of Lannon, was operating a motorcycle traveling south and struck a guardrail in a curve.

Sanderson was ejected and the riderless motorcycle crossed the roadway and struck an embankment on the opposite side. Sanderson sustained substantial injuries, was transported to Ontario’s town square to rendezvous with Emplify Air, and flown to Gundersen Health System in La Crosse.

The sheriff’s deputy investigating the crash said that the full-face helmet she was wearing almost certainly saved her life when her face hit the guardrail.

Assisting the Sheriff’s Office were the Ontario Fire Department, Ontario Emergency Medical Service ambulance, and Emplify Air helicopter. The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

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