Head-On Fatality Crash

December 19, 2024
Elise Schaffer, PIO, (608) 284-6142
Sheriff's Office

One person has died, and one is hospitalized after a head-on crash in the town of Springfield. Dane County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash at 12:41 pm on Highway 19 at Barman Road. A 55-year-old man was pronounced deceased at the scene, and a 51-year-old woman with serious injuries was transported to a local hospital by EMS. Roads were snow-covered and slippery when the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, operated by the male, and the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee, operated by the female, hit head-on. Highway 19 between Lodi Springfield Road and Kuehn Road will be closed for several hours while deputies and the crash reconstruction team investigate the crash.