OMG PD: Wrong-way Drunk Driver Crashes into Snow Plow on Freeway; Vehicle Torn in Two

MILWAUKEE, WI — A wrong-way driver on I-43 was hospitalized after the vehicle she was driving collided with a snow plow at freeway speeds. The collision literally tore her vehicle in two, and the woman miraculously survived the crash.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call at 2 a.m. today regarding a wrong-way vehicle striking a county plow truck. The Chevy Cruze got on at Loomis Road and was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-43, crashing at South 51st Street.

The driver, JoAnn Quesada, age 51, of West Allis, was initially unresponsive but breathing. The entire front of her vehicle was torn off, with the engine laying in lane one. Greenfield Fire Department emergency medical personnel began treating her at the scene and transported her to Froedtert Memorial Hospital.

At the hospital, Quesada said she had been out with friends doing karaoke at Amelia’s Restaurant at 724 E. Layton Ave. in Milwaukee.

She was treated, released and transported to the Milwaukee County Jail on the following charges: DUI-1st and 2nd Degree Reckless Endangering Safety, a Class G Felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

The plow truck driver said that he tried to stop in place, but the vehicle struck him head-on at about 55 mph. He was not injured.

>>> image via milwaukee county sheriff's office