Accidents reported in Waushara County

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7/1/2023: A two-vehicle accident occurred at 7:40 a.m. on 29th Ln in the Town of Warren. Jay Williams, 41, Berlin, stated he was returning home from work and was watching the vehicle in front of him and took his turn too sharp. Williams admitted fault and stated Regina Schimke, 19, Redgranite, was stopped at the stop sign. Schimke stated she was stopped at the stop sign for at least five seconds prior to Williams colliding with her vehicle as she was waiting for traffic to stop in order to turn on State Road 21. 7/2/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 11:38 p.m. on STH22 northbound in the Town of Dakota. Samantha Meyer, 19, Wautoma, strikes cow that came running westbound onto the roadway from the right side of the ditch line/field and came to rest. 7/6/2023: A two-vehicle accident occurred at 6:25 p.m. on STH21 eastbound in the Town of Dakota. Veaceslav, Zgherea, 35, Wheeling, IL, missed their turn and then put semi with trailer in reverse. Jeffrey Mohr, 57, Oxford, which had stopped and admitted that once stopped they were within the blind spot of the operator of the semi, then attempted to walk their bike back when Zgherea struck them causing damage to the front for of bike. 7/7/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 5:51 p.m. on IH39 northbound in the Town of Hancock. Megan O’Brien, 34, Wauwatosa, exited the roadway to the left, for an unknown reason, into the median ditch. O’Brien then attempted to steer back into roadway and overturned her vehicle. The vehicle came to rest on the left hand shoulder of the road. Driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected via the sunroof. Driver transported via helicopter for her injuries. 7/11/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at an unknown time on an intersection in the Village of Lohrville. Unit 1 left the road on the right shoulder, went through the guardrail, entered the yard and contacted a boat with trailer in the yard. Unit 1 left the scene. 7/11/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 1:30 p.m. on private property in the Village of Coloma. Vernon Endthoff, 76, Westfield, was getting their vehicle worked on when it started to roll backward. Endthoff tried to jump out of the vehicle and stop it but could not. Vehicle rolled into a home and came to rest. 7/12/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 7:03 a.m. on CTHP eastbound in the Town of Rose. Dale Pampuch, 46, Nekoosa, fell asleep causing vehicle to cross center line to left and on to gravel shoulder before over correcting and crossing back into lane and leaving roadway to right and striking ditch embankment and into a tree. Driver minor injuries and passenger transported by ambulance. 7/13/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 4:38 p.m. on STH49 southbound in the Town of Poy Sippi. Andrea Fitzgerald, 55, Winneconne, was traveling when the driver side front wheel detached from vehicle causing damage. Fitzgerald stated the vehicle was recently serviced. 7/14/2023: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 8:04 p.m. on Brown Deer Rd in the Town of Leon. Misael Flores, 27, Pine River, entered the shoulder right, over-corrected and crossed the center line. Flores re-entered the designated lane and over-corrected again. Flores began to yaw before entering the ditch on the north side of the roadway. Flores struck several trees before coming to rest. 7/16/2023: A two-vehicle accident occurred at 12:30 p.m. on STH21 eastbound in the Town of Aurora. Unit 1 crossed center line and struck Sandra Bender, 76, Plainfield. Unit 1 continued from scene and Bender pulled over to should and contacted authorities. Deer accidents: 7/6/2023: At 6:07 p.m., Leonard Gehl, 67, Dousman, on CTHA, Westbound, Town of Springwater. 7/11/2023: At 5:02 a.m., Jeremy Krueger, 47, Neshkoro, on STH21, Westbound, Town of Wautona. 7/13/2023: At 5 p.m., Kenneth Propson, 68, Menasha, on STH21, Eastbound, Town of Coloma.
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