INDEPENDENCE, Wis. – A woman seven pregnant was trapped in her overtured car, which landed in a creek wasand filling with water. First-responders managed to open a rear door and extract the woman, She was taken nine miles the Whitehall hospital, where she was reported in good condition. Trempealeau County Sheriff Brett Semingson declined to release the woman’s name. The accident was about 2:30 p.m. west of Independence on County Road X along Traverse Valley Creek. The car went down a steep embankment and landed on its roof in the creek. The woman was alone in the car except for a pet cat. The at was rescued too.
Mangled sedan. A tow truck leaves Traverse Valley after a crew used a winch to pull the car from the creek.