Ashland County authorities ID woman killed in Highway 2 crash

One person was killed and two injured Monday morning in a head-on crash between a Bad River Police Department squad car and another vehicle in Ashland County.
The crash happened just before 11 a.m. on U.S. Highway 2 at Kagerville Road, about 5 miles east of Ashland, the Ashland County Sheriff’s Office reported. A lake-effect snow advisory was in effect for the county at the time of the crash, and highways in the area were reported to be snow-covered.
A passenger in the vehicle that collided with the squad car, Karen Neveaux, 67, of Odanah, Wis., was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, Tossana Neveaux, 33, of Odanah, Wis., was transported to a hospital in Duluth, authorities said.
The officer in the squad car - Justin Gilbertson, 23, of Ashland - was transported to Memorial Medical Center in Ashland.
A Wisconsin State Patrol crash reconstruction specialist was dispatched to the scene to assist with the investigation.