SHEBOYGAN COUNTY — An elderly man and woman were killed Wednesday, November 16th in a crash involving two vehicles on State Highway 57 at County Road FF in the Town of Rhine in Sheboygan County.
It happened just after 6:30 p.m.
Officials with the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office say a preliminary investigation has revealed a vehicle was headed eastbound on County Road FF and failed to stop at a stop sign — colliding with a vehicle headed northbound on State Highway 57.
An 80-year-old man, identified as Lewis Schmidt, who was driving the eastbound vehicle died en route to the hospital.
A 79-year-old woman, identified as Geraldine Schmidt, who was a passenger in that vehicle died at the scene.
Both were trapped after the crash. They were from Elkhart Lake.
A 72-year-old Kiel woman who was driving the northbound vehicle suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital.