Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 --- 10:25 p.m.

Information from Rock County Sheriff's Office:

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 4:42PM, deputies from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, officers from Evansville Police Department, along with members from Brooklyn and Evansville Fire and EMS responded to a rollover traffic crash with injury on North USH 14, four-tenths of a mile north of W. Holt road.

Additional information relayed one of the subjects in a vehicle was pinned. This crash occurred in Union Township, located in northwestern Rock County, which is approximately 4.4 miles north of Evansville, Wisconsin.

Emergency Personnel began arriving on scene at 4:49PM. North and Southbound traffic for USH 14 were closed and diverted from 4:49PM until 6:29PM.

Preliminary investigation revealed a 1989 Mercury Sable driven by Beauford Udell, age 84, of Beloit, WI, was southbound on USH 14 when he failed to navigate a slight right curve in the road entering northbound traffic. Udell’s vehicle collided with a northbound 2002 GMC Envoy driven by Mary Flaherty, age 51, Evansville, WI.

In an attempt to avoid this crash, Flaherty made an evasive maneuver steering right towards the gravel shoulder. Udell’s front driver’s side struck Flaherty’s driver’s side rear quarter panel. Flaherty’s vehicle overturned several times coming to rest on its passenger side in the northbound lane of traffic for USH 14.

Flaherty’s vehicle traveled approximately 153 feet from point of impact. Flaherty had to be extricated from her vehicle and was transported by Med Flight Helicopter to University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, Wis., with incapacitating injuries.

Udell was able to control and steer his vehicle to the gravel shoulder on USH 14 and was not injured. Udell’s vehicle traveled 464 feet from point of impact. Both Flaherty and Udell were wearing seatbelts. Alcohol and speed are not contributing factors with this crash.

Further investigation is pending and information will be released via press release or when the associated reports are submitted, completed, and approved.