Video: Wisconsin Officer Killed in Collision with State Truck

VIDEO: Wisconsin Officer Killed in Collision with State Truck

A McFarland (WI) police officer was killed in a head-on crash involving a squad car and a Department of Natural Resources truck Monday afternoon, according to Dane County officials.

The officer, 33-year old Ryan Copeland, was the McFarland Police Department's first ever K-9 officer, according to WKOW TV .

The crash was reported just after noon at 132 County Road N in the town of Albion.

Officials said 25-year-old Colleen M. Sutheimer, of Fitchburg, crossed the center line and collided with the squad car. Sutheimer, a DNR employee, was driving the DNR pickup truck at the time of the crash, according to a release.

Sutheimer was taken to a Janesville hospital with minor injuries, officials told Channel 3000 . There is no indication early on that the woman was on any substances or intoxicated.

Officials said Copeland was just starting his shift when the crash happened.