UPDATE: Early Sunday morning accident claims life of New Albin teen

The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office reports that at approximately 3:53 a.m. Sunday, April 2 the County dispatch center received a report of a serious injury accident near the intersection of Morgan Bridge Road and Pine Tree Drive in Allamakee County, approximately five miles southwest of New Albin about a mile south off of Iowa River Drive.
According to the Sheriff's Office report, a pick-up truck operated by Travis Scott Colsch, age 20, of rural New Albin was traveling northbound on Morgan Bridge Road when a female passenger in the vehicle, 19-year-old Erin Marie Rud of rural New Albin, fell from the moving vehicle and suffered what is being reported as serious injuries. Rud was transported by air ambulance from the scene to a La Crosse, WI hospital for treatment of her injuries. Those injuries have since claimed her life.
Colsch was charged with Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated and was booked into the Allamakee County Jail. The incident remains under investigation by the Allamakee County Sheriff's Office. Assisting at the scene of the accident were the Lansing-New Albin Police Department, New Albin Ambulance Service and New Albin Fire Department.