La Crosse woman crashes into truck doing 60-80 running red light on West Ave.

A 34-year-old La Crosse woman was in the hospital after speeding through the West Avenue-State Street intersection between 60-80 mph around 11 p.m. Friday, according to police.

Rachelle Mac Ewen was headed north on West Avenue — where the speed limit is 25 mph — in her Honda Civic where she ran the red light and collided with a truck. She was travelling so fast she went over the median, past the opposite sidewalk for another block, then into some campus housing yards before being stopped by a tree.

Paramedics had to use the Jaws of Life to remove Mac Ewen, who was bleeding badly. She was then taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, before being released.

Police, who have received several speeding and hit-and-run complaints, said it was fortunate nobody was killed in the accident, since a lot of college students were in the area having returned for the school year.

Mac Ewen charged with reckless driving, recklessly endangering safety, imprudent speed and driving without insurance.