Sep 4, 2025, 4:10 AM CT
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VERNON COUNTY, Wis (CIVIC MEDIA) – Two people were seriously injured in a motorcycle crash Monday night in Vernon County.
At approximately 9:30P, the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office 911 Dispatch Center was notified of the crash that occurred near the intersection of State Highway 162 and Petticoat Junction, rural Chaseburg, in the Town of Hamburg.
Benjamin Tyler Schmidt, 23 of Chaseburg, was operating a motorcycle, traveling north on State Highway 162 with a passenger and lost control while negotiating a curve.
Schmidt and his passenger, Lilly Ann Doudna, 20, of Soldiers Grove, were both ejected, suffered serious injuries, and were transported to Emplify Health by Gundersen in La Crosse, by Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance.
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at joann.krulatz@civicmedia.us.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at adam.hess@civicmedia.us.
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