Nov. 14, 2018 – Dodge Co., WI – On Nov. 13, 2018 at 5:38 a.m. the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office responded to a motor vehicle versus pedestrian crash on US 151 north of Jackson Road in the Town of Calamus, Dodge County, Wisconsin.
Preliminary investigation shows Dustin Riggins, 25, from Madison was operating a Honda passenger car which was traveling north on US 151 in the right/outside traffic lane. Joanna Amidon, 24, from Fox Lake and Desmond Steward, 44, from Beaver Dam were walking along the same traffic lane.
The right side of the Honda struck Amidon and she was thrown into the grass area east of the Highway.
Riggins stopped his vehicle at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement – he was not injured in the crash. Steward was not injured, but Amidon sustained non-life threatening injuries in the crash and was transported to Beaver Dam Hospital and later flown by Flight for Life to UW Madison.
The crash remains under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office.
Assisting at the scene was: Beaver Dam Fire Departmentand Beaver Dam Police Department.