VIOLA, Wis. – Two Illinois travelers escaped serious injury when their car skidded off a country road, overturned down an embankment and landed upside down in a creek. The driver, Joseph E. Froeter, 27, and passenger, Julie S. Froeter, 62, both of Evanston, Illinois, were treated at the scene for minor injuries. Deputies blamed a snow-covered and icy curve on County Road U east of Viroqua in central Vernon County. The accident was just after dark about 5:30 p.m.
On its roof. The Subaru Outback is dwarfed by a culvert on a small creek near Viola. Image: Vernon County sheriff