WESTBY, Wis. – A Minnesota woman visiting in Westy was hit, apparently by a UTV recreational vehicle, and left seriously injured on a Westby residential street. Police found Emily R. Helseth, 36, of White Bear Lake, unconscious after an anonymous caller reported a woman in a snowbank on Bakkedal Avenue. She looked to have been beaten up, the caller said. This was about 3:30 a.m. Helseth was taken to the Viroqua hospital, then 34 miles to a Level 2 trauma center in La Crosse. Her condition was described as serious but stable. Police were unsure when the hit-and-run accident occurred or how long she laid injured in the street. Helseth, friends said, had been out for a walk.
