Dunn County Sheriff Dennis Smith advises that at 7:25 P.M. the Dunn County Sheriffs Office received a call of a two car crash with injuries at the intersection of CTH E and 890^th Street in the Township of Spring Brook. The Dunn County Sheriff’s Office, Wisconsin State Patrol, Elk Mound and Menomonie Fire Departments responded to the scene. Initial investigation indicates that a vehicle was Southbound on 890^th Street and failed to stop at the posted stop sign at the intersection of CTH E. An Eastbound vehicle on CTH E was struck by the Southbound vehicle. Both vehicles came to rest in a field Southeast of the intersection.  As a result of injuries sustained in the crash, the 62-year-old female operator of the Eastbound vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Eastbound vehicle and operator of the Southbound vehicle were treated for minor injuries.

The name of the deceased is being withheld pending family notification. The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

Update 05/08/10

Dunn County Sheriff Dennis Smith advises that the 62 year-old female operator of the Eastbound vehicle killed in the traffic crash on 05/07/10 has been identified as Geraldine Wendt of Rural Menomonie. Her passenger was identified as her husband, 62 year old Lyn A. Wendt.

The operator of the Southbound vehicle has been identified as Michael Richard Shong, 45 years of age, from St. Louis Park MN.

Shong has initially been charged with Homicide by Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle.

The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff Dennis P. Smith
Dunn County