The fifth fatality on Waupaca County roadways this year involved a combine. The sheriff's department reports an eastbound vehicle on County Highway EE collided with a combine that was pulling out of a private driveway Monday morning. 

62-year-old Cynthia Kempf, the vehicle's passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle's driver, 64-year-old James Kempf, was flown to a Neenah hospital. There is no word on his condition. The combine operator 66-year-old David Hartfiel of Weyauwega was not hurt.

The crash is still under investigation.

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