One person died Monday after a head-on collision between two vehicles in Rock County.
A red Chevrolet Silverado was traveling westbound on Highway 11 in County Rock near the town of Plymouth when it crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a black Ford F550 heading eastbound 4:49 p.m. Monday, Rock County Sherriff Troy Knudson said. in a report.
The Chevrolet Silverado turned around and came to a stop in the middle of the road and caught fire as the Ford F550 rolled into the ditch on the south side of the road. The driver and sole occupant of the Chevrolet Silverado was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver and sole occupant of the Ford F550 was transported to Mercy Hospital and the Janesville Trauma Center with serious injuries, Knudson said.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing and the medical examiner’s office will release the name of the deceased at a later date, Knudson said.
The Art of the Everyday: A Recap of April in Photos from Wisconsin State Journal Photographers
Dancers perform during Madison College’s 2022 Spring Pow Wow presented by the college’s Native American Student Association on the Madison, Wisconsin campus. Saturday, April 23, 2022. This year’s event recognized the association’s 30th anniversary and honored the heritage and cultures of the Ho Chunk, Menominee, Munsee, Ojibwe, Oneida and Potawatomi nations. JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
Mary Frantz, third from right, who turns 99 on Sunday, is serenaded with “Happy Birthday” by friends she walks with each week – left to right Kathy Converse, Barbara Chatterton Frye, Mary Somers, Deesa Pence and Nancy Schraufnagel – at Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday, April 27, 2022. The group, all members of the Prairie Unitarian Universalist Society who started walking during the pandemic to be together, had homemade blueberry muffins and a gift for Frantz before hitting the track. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE NEWSPAPER
AMBER ARNOLD
As high winds churn the waters of Lake Mendota, members of the Wisconsin Sailing Team and other participants in a Midwest Collegiate Sailing Association qualifying event prepare their craft for competition on the campus of the UW-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, April 8. 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
Visitors to the MacKenzie Center ride a horse-drawn wagon during the Maple Syrup Festival in Poynette, Wisconsin on Saturday, April 2, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
Madison Police Mounted Patrol Academy member Rebecca Holmquest, right, smiles at Dr. B, a 12-year-old Shire, with Liz Erickson, riding Torres, a 16-year-old Friesian, during a break from training at The Horse First closes in Brooklyn, Wisconsin on Thursday, April 14, 2022. The five new part-time Madison Police Mounted Patrol riders, who are completing a four-week training course, will join two part-time and two full-time members of the ‘unity. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE NEWSPAPER
AMBER ARNOLD
Cecilia Ford of 360 Wisconsin uses a telescope to monitor an Earth Day rally and march on Library Mall in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, April 22, 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
Stormy Gaylord is outfitted for the Priestess Cassandra costume, designed by David Quinn, by Artistic Director Lisa Thurrell at Kanopy Dance in Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD
Felix Harmon rollerblades on the sidewalk with his unpictured mother Jocelyn Harmon along East Dayton Street in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
Cheyenne Peloquin, center, with Chippewa Valley Technical College, uses a mannequin head to create a short haircut during a cosmetology competition at SkillsUSA Wisconsin at Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD
Ingrid Andersson takes Naomi Takahashi’s blood pressure during an appointment at Andersson’s corporate headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. 3-year-old Ruby Takahashi and Christopher Olson are attending the appointment. KAYLA WOLF, STATE NEWSPAPER
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
Therapist Frances Violante, left, works with Brody Koslowski, center, as he plays with his brother Colton at the Koslowskis’ home in DeForest, Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
Rod McLean, 81, has bibs from 368 races he has run since 1992 posted on the wall in a bedroom at his home in Monona, Wis., Friday, April 29, 2022. McLean, who will be competing in his 26th Crazylegs race, needs 1.5 -miles to reach 24,901.4 miles, which happens to be the circumference of the earth. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE NEWSPAPER
AMBER ARNOLD
Band manager Will Janssen conducts John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever” during a rehearsal at Mount Horeb High School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Tuesday, April 26, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF, STATE NEWSPAPER
UW-Madison students with Pitchs and Notes, a high-pitched a cappella group including Leah Terry, front, Ellie Fricker, right, and Alyssa Bruckert, left, use random props as microphones as they rehearse at the UW Student Activities Center on East Campus Mall in Madison, Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
AMBER ARNOLD
Mount Horeb Choir director Diane Dangerfield leads rehearsal at Mount Horeb High School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
UW-Madison students Maitreyee Marathe, front, electrical engineering doctoral candidate, and, left to right, Brittany Bondi, second-year graduate student in environment and resources, Stephanie Bradshaw, doctoral candidate in atmospheric and oceanic sciences, and Savannah Ahnen, a student sophomore in computer science and electrical engineering, sets up a small electric free library that functions as a solar-powered phone charging kiosk at Lisa Link Peace Park on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATUS LOG
AMBER ARNOLD
Allen Centennial Garden horticulturist Ryan Dostal clears unwanted vegetation from a bed under a magnolia tree as he helps volunteers clean up the reserve on the UW-Madison campus in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, April 26 2022. Garden workers set the stage for this season’s new plant and flower displays, which will be on display as part of the gardens’ ‘Abundant Harvest’ theme featuring edible ornamentals. JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
A cyclist rides past a pair of sandhill cranes at the UW Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin on Thursday, April 28, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
While sunny skies and slightly warmer temperatures offer a hint towards spring, a pair of snowmen created from the previous day’s snowfall add a wintry touch to Amy Utzig and Jen Schutz’s run along from the shore of Monona Bay near Brittingham Park in Madison, Wisconsin, Friday, April 1, 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
Tom Sarbacker carries a bucket of feed for his young cows at his farm, Fischerdale Holsteins, in Paoli, Wis., Monday, April 18, 2022. KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL
KAYLA WOLF STATE DIARY
Chris Ayers of Madison Window Cleaning improves views of the Wisconsin State Capitol during a seasonal window cleaning effort at the AC Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin on Monday, April 11, 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
As spring temperatures begin to settle in the area, Chris Wiesneski and his English Shepherd, Patrick, are reflected in the waters of an old hockey rink during a stroll through Vilas Park in Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday April 5, 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
Volunteers and staff from the Lodi Valley and Dane County chapters of the Ice Age Trail Alliance build a 371-foot boardwalk over an area of the Lodi Marsh segment of the Ice Age Trail in Lodi, Wisconsin, Friday, April 8, 2022. AMBER ARNOLD, STATE NEWSPAPER
AMBER ARNOLD
UW band manager Corey Pompey directs his musicians during the Varsity Band concert at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, April 22, 2022. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE NEWSPAPER
