CTH H Crash

On October 10, 2016 at approximately 7:30pm the Sauk County Communications Center received a report of a single vehicle roll over crash on CTH H at Lyndon Road in the Town of Dellona.  Sheriff's Deputies, Delton Fire Department, and Dells-Delton Ambulance were sent to the scene.

The preliminary investigatinon revealed that a 2006 Chevrolet Equinox operated by Trista Lee Youngthunder, age 28, of Sauk City, was west bound on CTH H at a high rate of speed.  Youngthunder failed to negotiate a curve and the vehicle left the roadway and struck a combine that was parked off of the roadway.  Youngthunder's vehicle rolled onto its side and Youngthunder was trapped inside.  Firefighters were able to extricate her from the vehicle using the JAWS of Life and she was transported to Reedsburg Hospital and then flown to UW Hospital by Med Flight helicoptor.

Youngthunder was cited for Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated and Open Intoxicants in a Vehicle.  Speed and alcohol were factors in this crash.  This incident remains under investigation by the Sauk County Sheriff's Office.  The Sauk County Sheriff's Office was assisted by Wisconsin State Patrol, Delton Fire Department, and Dells-Delton Ambulance.

Sheriff Chip Meister