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Evelyn Kokott, 84, died at the scene of the crash near the intersection of Wisconsin State Highway 93 and Lewis Valley Road just a few miles north of Arcadia. Her husband, Alphonse Kokott, 91, died Sunday from injuries he sustained in the collision. The two were returning home from a supper club in Independence, Wis., when the crash happened at about 7 p.m. Saturday, the Kokotts’ nephew Joseph Kokott said.
According to the Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Department and the Wisconsin State Patrol, Evelyn Kokott was driving southbound on Highway 93 when her vehicle collided head-on with a vehicle being driven north by Timothy Geissler, 24, of Cornell, Wis. Geissler was in critical condition following the crash, said Trempealeau County Sheriff Rich Anderson.
Kokott’s other passengers, daughter Sharon Jackson, 63, and son-in-law, Ted Jackson, 68, both of Kenosha, Wis., suffered serious injuries. Ted Jackson suffered a punctured lung and Sharon Jackson had multiple broken bones, Joseph Kokott said.
A third vehicle southbound behind the Kokott vehicle got involved as Kokott and Geissler collided, Anderson said. It wasn’t exactly a rear-ending so much as the third vehicle drove into the “repositioning” vehicles, he said. The driver of that vehicle, Dylan Lisowski, 17, and his passenger, Nicholas C. Axness, 18, both of Arcadia, suffered minor injuries, Anderson said.
The exact cause of the collision was unknown Monday and remains under investigation, Anderson said. He said a reconstruction team will be working on the case today and the results of the investigation may not be known for a “couple days.”
Contact Kevin Behr at (507) 453-3524 or at kbehr@winonadailynews.com.
