DARIEN, Wis. — A woman is dead after a reckless driver struck the car she was in, resulting in a fiery crash in Walworth County on Thursday.
According to the Walworth County Sheriff's Office, a reckless driver was traveling northbound on I-43 in the southbound lanes in the Town of Darien around 9:15 p.m.
The driver failed to stop for City of Delavan police officers. The driver then struck a southbound vehicle in a head-on collision near the County Highway F Bridge in the Town of Delavan.
The suspect vehicle caught fire. The 32-year-old driver was removed from the car and transported to a trauma center with critical injuries.
The vehicle that was struck was occupied by two people. The driver, a 44-year-old Rockford, Illinois man, had minor injuries. The passenger, a 26-year-old woman also from Rockford, later died at the hospital. Police identified the woman as Kimberly Ann Fannan.
The reckless driver is facing potential charges.
