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Driver identified in Oak Grove fatal accident

There is more information regarding an accident in Oak Grove. It happened on Thursday, January 29 at 12:50 p.m.

Dodge County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to an injury crash involving a car and a tractor-trailer at the intersection of County Highway S, at Main Street.

The car was driven by a 46-year-old woman of Beaver Dam, and was headed southbound. The vehicle failed to yield the right of way from the stop sign at the intersection and was struck by a tractor pulling a loaded trailer. The driver of the car sustained life-threatening injuries and was flown to a Hospital by Flight for Life. The driver of the semi was not injured.

The driver of the car was identified as Keasha Altman and died at the hospital, as a result of her injuries sustained in the crash. The driver of the tractor was identified as Mark McWilliams.