Caledonia---A 52 year-old woman was killed and her husband seriously injured when the SUV they were in was struck by a falling tree in Saturday's strong winds.
Dead is Michelle Martin, whose Facebook page describes her as a banquet coordinator at Danny's Meats and Catering. Her husband, 51 year-old William Martin, was transferred to a Milwaukee hospital with serious injuries.
According to a news release from the Caledonia Police Dept., the Martins had been traveling on 4 Mile Rd. near Nicholson Rd. when a tree snapped off at its base and crushed the vehicle's passenger compartment. The victims had to be extricated from the wreckage.
The accident occurred at about 10:30 Saturday morning, around the time that a peak wind gust of 51 mph was recorded at Batten Airport in Racine.
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