Woman dies in collision between car, milk truck in Dodge County

DODGE CO. (WITI) -- A woman died after a collision between a car and milk truck in the Township of Rubicon on Friday afternoon, February 7th.

Investigators say the crash happened just after 1:30 p.m. The car was southbound on Lehman Rd. stopped at a stop sign at Highway 60 -- and failed to yield the right of way to an eastbound milk truck. The milk truck struck the passenger side of the car.

85-year-old Ruth Dede was sitting in the passenger seat of the car -- and was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the car suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The driver and passenger of the milk truck were not hurt.

The Dodge County Crash Investigation Team is investigating the crash -- and will provide more information as it becomes available.