By Liz Holbrook
Fatal Crash (Midwest Communications)
CARSON WI (WSAU-WDLB) â One person is dead after a dump truck accident in Portage County.
A woman was killed when a dump truck slid out of control, and into the path of her car. The accident happened at 8:30 Friday morning on Highway 34 in the Portage County town of Carson north of Rudolph.
According to the Portage County Sheriffâs Department, a northbound pickup was turning onto County Line Road from Highway 34, and a northbound dump truck driven by a 52-year-old man went out of control when the driver slowed for turning pickup. The dump truck crossed the center line, and into the path of a southbound car driven by a 36-year-old woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the dump truck was not injured.