Driver killed in wrong-way crash in Outagamie County, deputies say

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY (NBC 26) – One person was killed in a wrong-way crash in Outagamie County.

According to the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office, the accident occurred just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on County Trunk CE at County Trunk N in the town of Buchanan.

Deputies say a wrong-way driver of an SUV – a 70-year-old man from Buchanan – collided head-on with a pickup truck that was traveling west.

The SUV driver died from his injuries.

The pickup driver – a 51-year-old man from Appleton – is recovering at a hospital with injuries that authorities say are not life-threatening.