Vehicle versus plow-truck crash results in serious injuries

Friday night at approximately 5:45pm, Richland County Dispatch received a call regarding a car crash with possible injury near the address of 25272 County Highway N. 

Richland County Deputies, Richland Fire, Richland EMS, Richland Center Police Department, and State Patrol responded to the scene. An investigation of the crash was conducted by Richland County Deputies along with Wisconsin State Patrol. 

The result of an investigation by Richland County Deputies and the Wisconsin State Patrol led law enforcement to believe that the crash involved two drivers, John Farrell, 62 of Richland Center, and Cayden Koehn, 19 of Mount Hope, who were both the sole occupants of their vehicles.

Statements and physical evidence at the scene indicated that Cayden Koehn was operating a vehicle down a steep, ice covered hill on Highway N while John Farrell was operating a Richland County plow truck up the same hill.  Koehn’s vehicle appeared to have lost control while traveling down the hill and struck the plow head on.  The crash resulted in Cayden Kohen sustaining serious injuries and was extricated from his vehicle by  Richland Fire and Richland EMS, taking live saving measures before transporting him to the Richland Center Hospital. 

He was transported then transported to UW Madison to be treated for his injuries. The Wisconsin State Patrol did conduct a crash reconstruction of the scene along with an inspection of the Richland County truck. 

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