Motorcycle crash in Vernon County injures driver

HILLSBORO, Wis (WRCO / WRCE) – A person was found unresponsive following a motorcycle crash Saturday night (June 14) near Emplify St. Joseph’s Hospital in the City of Hillsboro.

An Officer with the Hillsboro Police Department was conducting traffic enforcement while parked in a stationary position near the Hillsboro Fire and EMS garage.

At approximately 10:35p, the Officer observed a motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed entering the city limits. As the motorcycle approached the squad car and entered the city limits, radar showed the motorcycle traveling at 74 miles per hour.

The motorcycle passed another motorist traveling westbound, continuing at a high rate of speed towards the residential and business areas of the city. The Officer activated their emergency lights and siren and began traveling towards the motorcycle, but ultimately lost sight of the motorcycle as it passed through the 800-Block of Water Ave. The Officer continued traveling westbound on Water Ave, ultimately locating a motorcycle that had crashed near the parking lot of Emplify St. Joseph’s Hospital Emergency Room.

Upon locating the motorcycle, the Officer immediately located an unresponsive male party laying in the parking lot, believed to be the operator. The Officer quickly retrieved Emergency Room personnel who came to assist and immediately began life saving measures.

The operator was subsequently transported to Emplify Gundersen in La Crosse via medical helicopter with life threatening injuries.

Due to the nature of the crash, the Hillsboro Police Department requested assistance from the Vernon County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Wisconsin State Patrol Technical Reconstruction Unit.

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