3 ejected from vehicle in fatal western Wisconsin crash
ALDEN, Wis. -- One person is dead and two others are severely injured Saturday after being ejected from a vehicle in western Wisconsin.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says its dispatch center received a call of a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 65 north of 28th Avenue in Alden shortly before 3 p.m.
An initial investigation revealed a vehicle with five occupants had been traveling northbound on Highway 6 at a high rate of speed when it lost control after cresting a hill. The vehicle crossed the center line and struck two southbound vehicles.
Occupants from the southbound vehicles had minor to moderate injuries, the sheriff's office says.
Two people from the northbound vehicle were airlifted to a hospital and another person was pronounced dead at the scene. On Monday, authorities updated that the person killed was 18-year-old Masen Powell, of Spring Valley.
The crash is under investigation.
