PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. – A Lynxville man in police custody at a hospital emergency room escaped and stole a car outside and fled. Paul Germundson, 26, had been in the Crawford County jail in Prairie du Chien but was taken to the hospital for medical attention. After his escape, deputies spotted Germundson 15 miles upriver at his home in Lynxville. But he rammed the deputies’ unmarked squad truck and got away again. Thirty miles farther upriver on the outskirts of Stoddard, Germundson crashed the car near some cabins and again fled. It was believed he was heading for LaCrosse, another 12 miles upriver. Crawford County Sheriff Dale McCullick urged people to lock their doors and remove keys from any vehicles.
Germundson. On the run after eluding cops at Crossing Rivers Health’s emergency room in Prairie du Chien.