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Head-on crash reported in Polk

The Washington County Dispatch Center received many 911 calls reporting a head-on crash in Polk on Wednesday, July 1 around 12:24 p.m.

Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office and members of the Slinger Fire Department responded to the scene. One of the drivers needed to be extricated from a vehicle.

A northbound vehicle driven by a 63-year-old Hartford resident crossed the center line of Highway 175 into the path of a southbound vehicle driven by a 46-year-old resident from Germantown. Both drivers suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

The accident remains under investigation.