72-year-old man killed in Waupaca County crash, 6 others injured

WAUPACA COUNTY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A two-vehicle crash in the Town of Larrabee left one person dead and six injured.

It happened near Highway 45 and Lakeshore Road around 7:54 p.m. on Thursday. 

According to the Waupaca County Sheriff's Office, a car being driven by a 72-year-old man from Clintonville was stopped on Neitzke Road when it traveled onto Highway 45 and into the path of a northbound van being operated by a 69-year-old woman from Birnamwood.

The six occupants in the van were taken to a hospital in Wausau.

The 72-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Names of the victims are not being released.

The crash remains under investigation. 

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