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| Morgan Leigh Lasley, 20, of Hixson passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018 in Rice Lake Wisconsin from injuries sustained in an automobile accident |
A recent study done by 24/7 Wall Street ranked Wisconsin the second-drunkest state in America, only behind North Dakota.
BARRON, Wisc.—
Two people died early Sunday in a collision between a semi truck and automobile on U.S. 53 in Barron County, Wisconsin.
Mathew Krear, 28, and his girlfriend Morgan Leigh Lasley, 20, both of Chetek, died on the scene of the crash north of Haugen around 1:00 am.
The driver of the semi, Jeremy Loeffelholz, 43, of Orfordville was treated at the scene and released.
According to the Barron County sheriff’s office, Krear was driving an automobile and Lasley was his passenger. Krear’s vehicle was traveling in the southbound lane, but then crossed the median and struck the semi driven by Loeffelholz.
Loeffelholz’s semi was carrying liquid oxygen, but its tanks were not ruptured in the crash.
The crash, which happened at about 12:50 a.m., remains under investigation. Most likely these two were drunk or impaired. Most of the wrong-way crashes occurring in the early a.m. hours are attributed to impaired driving (drunk or on drugs). And of course native Americans and the Germanic are known to be heavy drinkers, especially the ones in Wisconsin (go Brewers). Do not drink and drive unless you want to die.
There is also a possibility that Mathew Krear was speeding and he failed to negotiate the curve on the road; he ended up crossing the center line and colliding with the semi-truck, killing himself and his poor girlfriend of 8 years younger.
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A recent study done by 24/7 Wall Street ranked Wisconsin the second-drunkest state in America, only behind North Dakota.
HAUGEN, Wisc.–
Two Chetek persons died when their car hit a semi head on early on Sunday morning, September 23.
Mathew Krear, 28, and his girlfriend Morgan Lasley, 20, were in the car and died at the scene. The semi driver, Jeremy Loeffelholz, 43, of Orfordville was treated for injuries at the scene and released.
Loeffelholz was driving a semi loaded with liquid oxygen north on Hwy. 53, north of Haugen, just before 1 a.m. Krear was driving south, crossed the median, and struck the semi head on, the Barron County Sheriff’s Department said.
No oxygen was released during the crash.
It is not known why Krear crossed the median, and an investigation into the crash continues by the Barron County Sheriff’s Department assisted by the Barron County medical examiner, said Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald.
Other than drunk or otherwise impaired, there is a possibility that Mathew Krear was speeding and he failed to negotiate the curve on the road; he ended up crossing the center line and colliding with the semi-truck, killing himself and his poor girlfriend of 8 years younger.
The crash was reconstructed by the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Barron and Washburn county deputies, along with Rice Lake police officers, the Bear Lake-Haugen and Rice Lake fire departments, and LMC Ambulance and Life Link Helicopter crews responded to the scene.
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Obituary of Morgan Leigh Lasley, 20
Morgan Leigh Lasley, 20, of Hixson passed away on Sunday, September 23, 2018 in Rice Lake Wisconsin from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Morgan was a member of Middle Valley Baptist Church and she attended Soddy-Daisy High School before starting a home school program. She was currently enrolled in the EMT training program at WITC in Rice Lake, WI.
She was preceded in death by her father, Lamar Lasley and maternal grandfather, Ferman R. Chandler.
Survivors include her mother, Dana Lasley; sister, Lauren Condroski; paternal grandparents, Hayden and Margie Lasley; maternal grandmother, Barbara N. Chandler; aunts, Darcia (Donald) Wise, Barbara S. Chandler and Sheila (Hank) Mallicoat; uncle, Mark (Jane) Chandler; nieces, Kayleigh and Nolen Condroski and several cousins.