There was a fatal accident on County Highway H near the intersection of Lyndon Road in the Town of Dellona on Wednesday night. According to Sauk County Sheriff’s Office, the Sauk County Communications Center received a report of a two vehicle accident and an initial investigation revealed that the operator of a car, 34-year-old Nicole Houghton of Wisconsin Dells, was traveling east on County Highway H when she failed to negotiate a curve and crossed the centerline, driving onto the opposite shoulder. Houghton then attempted to return to the eastbound lane when she collided head-on with a pickup truck, driven by 62-year-old Bradley Martens of Wisconsin Dells. Houghton was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected. She was pronounced dead at the scene by the Sauk County Coroner’s Office. Martens was wearing a seat belt and received non-life threatening injuries. He refused medical treatment at the scene. Other driver factors are unknown at this time. This crash remains under investigation by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.
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