Posted: 08.23.2010

Authorities are identifying the woman killed when the horse-drawn buggy she was riding in was struck by a car Thursday evening.

The Trempealeau County sheriff's department says Friday
afternoon that she's 40-year-old Rosanna A. Wengerd of Blair.
The sheriff's department says it happened about 7 p.m. Thursday
near the city of Whitehall when a sedan slammed into the back of
the buggy.

Wengerd was dead at the scene. The buggy driver, a 33-year-old
woman from Blair, and the 79-year-old passenger in the car were
taken to area hospitals.

The crash remains under investigation.

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