At about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon the Stanton County Sheriff’s office responded to and investigated a one vehicle traffic accident in Pilger on Hwy 15 that sent the lone driver to the hospital. The accident occurred when a southbound SUV left the roadway and struck a power pole near First Street and Hwy in Pilger. The 68 year old female driver was extricated from the wreckage by Pilger Fire and Rescue and transported from the scene and later transferred to Paramedics from Norfolk Fire and Rescue in an EMS intercept and then taken to FRHS in Norfolk. Stanton County Emergency Management Assisted at the scene.
