Authorities say a Jo Daviess County woman was airlifted to Iowa City for treatment after a crash Thursday outside of Galena. 51 year old Sandy Zink of Stockton, was taken by ambulance to Midwest Medical Center in Galena before being airlifted to an Iowa City hospital. According to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Department, the crash occurred Thursday on U.S. Highway 20 east of Galena and west of Williams Drive. Reports say that Zink’s vehicle was parked on the eastbound shoulder when it went to reenter the eastbound lane but instead left the roadway and entered a ditch. The vehicle then crashed through a barbed wire fence, went through a field and crashed into an embankment. The accident is under investigation.
