WESTBY Wis. — An Amish man and two children escaped injury when their single-axle cart was rear-ended by a pickup truck south of Westby. The horse pulling the cart also survived. Vernon County deputies said that Freeman Miller, age 53, was partially on the far-right shoulder of the southbound divided four-lane stretch of combined U.S. Highway 14 and 61. The cart, deputies said, was equipped with rear-facing amber lights and displayed a slow-moving vehicle sign. The accident was. before dawn about 5:15 a.m. The pickup driver, Russell C. Harless, age 67, of Viroqua, seven miles away, was unhurt. Harless was driving a 2005 Ford Ranger. Both vehicles were heading south out of Westby.
Mostly splinters. Collision was near Smith Road crossover. Image: Vernon County sheriff