FOR CITY TIMES

FRIENDSHIP — A southeastern Wisconsin woman was killed in Adams County, when the driver of the SUV she was in ran a stop sign and collided with a dump truck.

The crash occurred shortly before 8 a.m. Sept. 22 at the intersection of Highways G and I, in the Town of Jackson.

According to the Adams County Sheriff’s Department, a dump truck driven by John Meyer, age 54 of Friendship was traveling south on CTH G. An SUV driven by Mark Tikkuri, age 64 of Wauwatosa was traveling west on CTH I and failed to stop at the stop sign for CTH G and entered into the path of the dump truck. Tikkuri’s passenger, Linda Mueller, age 63 of Wauwatosa was pronounced dead at the scene by the Adams County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The Wisconsin State Patrol Technical Response Unit is completing a post-crash reconstruction of the accident scene.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Oxford Fire Department, Marquette County EMS, Wisconsin State Patrol, and the Adams County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The accident remains under investigation and no additional information is being released at this time.