People in crash injured, lie about man with a gun
On Sunday, Aug. 28 at 6:21 a.m., the Grant County Sheriff’s Office took a report from Crawford County dispatch of a number of individuals receiving care at Crossing Rivers Health in Prairie du Chien.
It was initially reported that three subjects received a ride from a bar in Platteville, as the driver lost his keys to his vehicle. The men said the unknown driver took a person to Prairie du Chien, dropped that person off and then started taking them back to Avoca. During the trip to Avoca, the driver showed the trio a gun and told them to get out of the vehicle. They said they all jumped from the vehicle as it was moving.
Upon further investigation, it was found that Ryan Salis, 22, Prairie du Chien, was operating his 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt north on County C when he went off the left side of the roadway and struck a tree, which caused the vehicle to spin around and strike another tree, keeping it from going into the Wisconsin River. All three people in the vehicle got out and walked north on County C. They ultimately woke a resident in the area who got them to Crossing Rivers Health. Passengers Elizabeth Arneson, 21, Monroe, and Jerry Wilder Jr., 20, Avoca, were both injured in the crash. Arneson was transferred because of her injuries.
Terry’s Tire & Tow removed the vehicle from the scene. The crash remains under investigation.