MARINETTE — The victim of a traffic crash died of her injuries over the weekend, according to Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve. Saturday, the Marinette County medical examiner was notified Loretta M. Patz, 83, of Coleman, Wis. had died in a Madison, Wis. hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a one vehicle crash in Marinette County on October 7.

On October 7 at 3:45 a.m. emergency responders were dispatched to County Highway “B” near Jandt Road in the Town of Grover for a vehicle that was discovered in the north ditch that had impacted several trees. It appeared the vehicle was eastbound in the fog and failed to negotiate the curve. Patz was alone in the vehicle.

Assisting the sheriff’s officers at the scene were the Aurora/Bay Area Paramedics, Marinette Rescue Squad, Peshtigo Police, and the Marinette County Highway Commission. This crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff’s office and Medical examiner.

This is the seventh traffic fatality in Marinette in 2021.