Submitted by Patrol Lieutenant Andrew Thoms, Pierce County Sheriff’s Office
SPRING VALLEY, WI – On Sunday, March 17, 2024, at approximately 9:45 a.m., the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a two-vehicle motor vehicle accident with injuries on State Road 29 at County Road CC, in Gilman Township.
It was determined that a 2009 Ford Explorer being operated by a Julie Moritz, 44 years old from Menomonie, Wisconsin had been traveling westbound on State Road 29 and started to turn onto County Road CC when she struck a 2022 Jeep Cherokee traveling eastbound on State Highway 29 being operated by a Thomas Gunderson, 83 years old from Spring Valley, Wisconsin.
Ms. Moritz was transported from the scene by the Spring Valley Area Ambulance Service to Mayo Hospital in Menomonie, Wisconsin with undetermined injuries.
Mr. Gunderson was transported by the Spring Valley Area Ambulance Service to Western Wisconsin Health in Baldwin, Wisconsin with undetermined injuries.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office was also assisted on scene by the Spring Valley Fire Department.
