Mrs. James (Sophie) Huseth, 62, Rt. 2, Mt. Horeb, a farm wife, grandmother and 17-year office employe at the Sprague Dawley research animal farm, was killed about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when her car skidded as she braked and struck the side of an oncoming semi-tanker truck on rain slick Highway 18-151 at Erb Rd. about 5 miles west of Verona.
Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr. said Mrs. Huseth and her grandson, Douglas Swenson, 27, who started working at Sprague Dawley, 3134 Seminole Highway, Monday, were en route home from work in the rain when she braked to slow for two cars stopped to turn left onto Erb Rd. Her car skidded off the right shoulder; she apparently grabbed her grandson to protect him, and the car slid back into the side of the semitanker driven by Matt Solchenberger, 48, Blue Mounds, Chamberlain said. Young Swenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Swenson, Mt. Horeb, was released Tuesday night after treatment at Madison General Hospital for multiple body contusions and face cuts. Mrs. Huseth's death was the 16th traffic fatality in Dane County and Madison this year compared with 22 on this date in 1976.
Camberlain said the death will probably be ruled accidental but will remain under investigation until today.
Wisconsin State Journal, June 8, 1977
Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr. said Mrs. Huseth and her grandson, Douglas Swenson, 27, who started working at Sprague Dawley, 3134 Seminole Highway, Monday, were en route home from work in the rain when she braked to slow for two cars stopped to turn left onto Erb Rd. Her car skidded off the right shoulder; she apparently grabbed her grandson to protect him, and the car slid back into the side of the semitanker driven by Matt Solchenberger, 48, Blue Mounds, Chamberlain said. Young Swenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Swenson, Mt. Horeb, was released Tuesday night after treatment at Madison General Hospital for multiple body contusions and face cuts. Mrs. Huseth's death was the 16th traffic fatality in Dane County and Madison this year compared with 22 on this date in 1976.
Camberlain said the death will probably be ruled accidental but will remain under investigation until today.
Wisconsin State Journal, June 8, 1977
Mrs. James (Sophie) Huseth, 62, Rt. 2, Mt. Horeb, a farm wife, grandmother and 17-year office employe at the Sprague Dawley research animal farm, was killed about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when her car skidded as she braked and struck the side of an oncoming semi-tanker truck on rain slick Highway 18-151 at Erb Rd. about 5 miles west of Verona.
Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr. said Mrs. Huseth and her grandson, Douglas Swenson, 27, who started working at Sprague Dawley, 3134 Seminole Highway, Monday, were en route home from work in the rain when she braked to slow for two cars stopped to turn left onto Erb Rd. Her car skidded off the right shoulder; she apparently grabbed her grandson to protect him, and the car slid back into the side of the semitanker driven by Matt Solchenberger, 48, Blue Mounds, Chamberlain said. Young Swenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Swenson, Mt. Horeb, was released Tuesday night after treatment at Madison General Hospital for multiple body contusions and face cuts. Mrs. Huseth's death was the 16th traffic fatality in Dane County and Madison this year compared with 22 on this date in 1976.
Camberlain said the death will probably be ruled accidental but will remain under investigation until today.
Wisconsin State Journal, June 8, 1977
Coroner Clyde Chamberlain Jr. said Mrs. Huseth and her grandson, Douglas Swenson, 27, who started working at Sprague Dawley, 3134 Seminole Highway, Monday, were en route home from work in the rain when she braked to slow for two cars stopped to turn left onto Erb Rd. Her car skidded off the right shoulder; she apparently grabbed her grandson to protect him, and the car slid back into the side of the semitanker driven by Matt Solchenberger, 48, Blue Mounds, Chamberlain said. Young Swenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Swenson, Mt. Horeb, was released Tuesday night after treatment at Madison General Hospital for multiple body contusions and face cuts. Mrs. Huseth's death was the 16th traffic fatality in Dane County and Madison this year compared with 22 on this date in 1976.
Camberlain said the death will probably be ruled accidental but will remain under investigation until today.
Wisconsin State Journal, June 8, 1977
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