Car crashes into parked vehicle going the wrong way on E. First St.
Driver is arrested for Operating While Intoxicated Causing Injury
TINA L. SCOTT
EDITOR
On Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at approximately 7:53 p.m. Merrill Police Department (MPD) officers, Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) deputies, and Engine-61, Medic 62, and Med-63 from the Merrill Fire Department (MFD) responded to a two-vehicle car crash on E. First St. in Merrill.
One of the vehicles involved was reported to be on fire with a female trapped in the vehicle. Officers/deputies extinguished the fire, so the fire was out before the MFD arrived. Officers/deputies and the Engine-61 crew established/assisted with traffic control while the MFD ambulance crew triaged, treated, and transported victims. The MPD investigated the crash.
The occupied vehicle was going the wrong way on E. First St. when it crashed into an unoccupied, parked vehicle near the old City Hall building [now The Loft Apartments], sustaining “heavy front end damage.” Both the driver and the passenger sustained non-life threatening injuries, with Merrill Fire & EMS transporting both patients, one to Merrill Aspirus Hospital and the other to Wausau Aspirus Hospital, according to the MFD.
The male driver was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated Causing Injury.