PdC man killed in Trempealeau County crash
A Prairie du Chien man died in a three-vehicle crash that killed two and injured another on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 12, in Trempealeau County.
The crash occurred at 2:48 p.m. on Highway 35/54, just west of Sonsalla Road in the town of Trempealeau.
According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office, investigators at the scene determined that an eastbound pickup truck driven by James Harnish, 56, of Trempealeau, crossed the center line and struck a westbound SUV, driven by Allison Nolan, 20, of Hastings, Minn.
Nolan lost control of her SUV and rolled over in the westbound ditch.
The pickup then struck a westbound car driven by Jonathan Helgerson, 36, of Prairie du Chien, head on. Harnish and Helgerson were pronounced dead at the scene.
Nolan was flown to a local hospital with unknown injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
Friends of Jon Helgerson have started a Go Fund Me web page to help pay for funeral costs. Find it at www.gofundme.com/n8466z54.