Kenosha County jogger lost vision after being hit by SUV in Racine County, charges state
According to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, this SUV was being driven by Joshua T. Hanson of Racine County when it struck a Kenosha County woman who was jogging along County Line Road on Friday evening. The SUV reportedly sustained the damage shown in the collision with the jogger; the jogger was taken by Flight For Life to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.
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YORKVILLE — A Kenosha County woman who was jogging in the rain on the border between Racine and Kenosha counties reportedly lost her vision, at least temporarily, due to injuries sustained after she was hit by an SUV on Friday night.
According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, the woman — who has not been publicly identified — was in “immense pain” after the Highway KR collision and a nurse told a Racine County Sheriff’s Office deputy that she suffered “a fractured left elbow, broken ribs on her left side, and a ruptured globe. The nurse advised the ruptured globe is part of the eye, and (the woman) cannot see at this time due to this injury.”
After being taken to Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital in Kenosha County, the woman was flown by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
The man accused of driving the SUV that hit the woman, Joshua Thomas Hanson, 34, of the 4900 block of Schoen Road in the Town of Dover, allegedly admitted to the hit-and-run.
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When a deputy saw the damaged SUV in a parking lot and knocked on the door of his home, Hanson allegedly said he thought he “hit somebody in the arm or something” and then “freaked the (expletive) out.”
After the deputy told Hanson “Well, you hit someone,” Hanson allegedly replied: “Yeah, I know.”
Hanson later said he’d had “one or two” Mike’s Hard Lemonades after the crash and also took a Percocet, but claimed he was sober at the time of the crash.
According to the complaint: “Hanson stated he was driving to get pizza at R&R Club and it was raining and as he came over the hill on (Highway KR), and it was raining so hard” when he hit the woman near the intersection of highways 45 and KR.
Hanson has been charged with felony hit-and-run causing great bodily harm. He was scheduled to make an initial appearance via Zoom in Racine County Circuit Court Monday afternoon.
WATCH NOW: Photos and video show damage from the Aug. 10, 2021 storm
Tree toppled on car
A large tree rests atop a car on 44th Avenue and Sixth Street Wednesday morning. Trees, limbs and wires were down throughout Kenosha County following Tuesday night’s storms.
Storm Damage
Audrey Finnigan inspects the damage to her porch. During the storm, tree branches damaged her roof and porch fence at her home in the 4200 block of 18th Avenue, but no one was injured.
Lightning from Tuesday, Aug. 10 storm
Dramatic lightning flashed across the sky during Tuesday night’s storms.
Hanging branch
A broken branch rests in some wires at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 46th Street on Wednesday, a result of Tuesday night’s storms.
Uprooted tree
Many trees in the area were uprooted by high winds in Tuesday night’s storms, including this one just off Kennedy Drive.
Wires down after Tuesday’s storm
House damage is evident and wires were down Wednesday at this home at Washington Road and Sixth Avenue following Tuesday night’s storm. Resident Virgil warner of Kenosha said damage from the storm ripped out the electrical meter box from the wall as the tree fell on the power lines.
Aug. 10 storm damage
A large tree limb rests Wednesday across the lawn of a home in the 7700 block of Sixth Avenue after cracking off during Tuesday night’s storms.
Storm damage at Union Park
People confer Wednesday at Union Park at 46th Street and Seventh Avenue about the storm damage from Tuesday night’s storms.
Storm Damage
A branch took out the porch fence of Audrey Finnigan’s home in the 4200 block of 18th Avenue during Tuesday’s storm. Another falling branch damaged the roof.
Storm damage
Workers begin removing a tree knocked over by Tuesday’s storm on 39th Street and 19th Avenue.
Kenosha
The severe weather that rolled through the area Tuesday night left a number of trees down throughout the City of Kenosha, including this one at 4541 22nd St. The storm also snapped a power pole, and both rendered the home uninhabitable, according to the homeowner, who declined to provide his name. Crews were at the scene Wednesday morning to attempt to remove the tree that rested on the home.
Kenosha
This large tree rests on a house in the 4700 block of 18th Avenue in Kenosha following severe weather that rolled through the area Tuesday night.
Kenosha
This downed tree blocks the road at the side of the Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5038 19th Ave., Kenosha, a result of severe thunderstorms that rolled through the area Tuesday night.
Tree down on 60th Avenue
Severe storms that rolled through the area Tuesday night left a number of trees down throughout the City of Kenosha, including this one on 60th Avenue.
Deck damaged
Salem Lakes Village Trustee Bill Hopkins shared this photo of damage to his deck from Tuesday night’s storm.
Ominous skies
The skies over Lance Middle School looked ominous Monday night, Aug. 10, 2021, as the storm rolled in from the west. The photo was taken at 7:18 p.m..
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