UPDATE: Deputies say the 18-year-old man from Malone has also died as a result of the crash and has been identified as Anthony D. Mahloch. The 72-year-old victim has been identified as Kenneth S. Puetz from Kiel.
ORIGINAL REPORTING: Deputies say a 72-year-old man was killed early Friday morning in a head-on crash in Manitowoc County.
The Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office says deputies got called at 4:54 a.m. to the area of County Trunk Highway X and Louis Corners Road in the township of Schleswig for a two-vehicle crash.
Deputies say preliminary details indicate an 18-year-old man from Malone — an unincorporated community in Fond du Lac County — was driving east on the highway when his car collided with another car going west.
The driver of the westbound vehicle — a 72-year-old man from rural Kiel — was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 18-year-old was taken by ThedaStar helicopter to ThedaCare Regional Medical Center in Neenah for serious life-threatening injuries.
Names of the people in the crash were not released.
