Vehicles driven Brett L. Broge, 25, and Elisabeth G. Anderson, 24, crash when both drivers try to avoid hitting a person and cow on roadway near Gratiot, Wisconsin

Around 9:30 p.m. Lafayette and Green county deputies were sent to the 13600 block of Highway 78 east of Gratiot for reports of a vehicle crash, according to a release from the Green County Sheriff's Department. Investigators determined that a vehicle being driven by Brett L. Broge, 25, of Gratiot, was going north on Highway 78 behind a vehicle being driven by Elisabeth G. Anderson, 24, of Argyle, authorities said. Anderson abruptly braked to avoid hitting a cow and a person in the roadway, according to the release. Broge braked and tried to avoid hitting Anderson’s vehicle, but was forced back into the northbound lane to avoid hitting the person and the cow. Broge’s vehicle then hit the back end of Anderson’s vehicle, investigators said.