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Train, manure truck collide; 1 dead
A Sheboygan County crash involving a train and a manure truck left one person dead on Wednesday afternoon. It happened on Abbott Drive near STH-57.
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Wis. - A Sheboygan County crash involving a train and a manure truck left one person dead on Wednesday afternoon.
It happened shortly after 2 p.m. on Abbott Drive west of State Highway 57 in the town of Sherman, just north of Random Lake. The sheriff's office said a semi was hauling liquid manure when it collided with a Wisconsin Southern train.
The semi driver, identified as a 66-year-old Kewaskum man, died at the scene. No other injuries were reported, and the sheriff's office said there is no hazard to the community.
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The sheriff's office said the railroad crossing was only marked with a yield sign.
The train's engine and six cars were derailed, according to the sheriff's office – one of which lost some of its plastic pellet load. FOX6 cameras captured crews siphoning diesel from the train's engine and, later in the day, specialty equipment arrived to upright the derailed cars.
Collision between train, manure truck in Sheboygan County
Abbott Drive westbound will be shut down from STH-57 until the investigation and repairs are complete, which the sheriff's office said could be several days.
The Wisconsin State Patrol will reconstruct the accident. The Wiscosin Department of Natural Resources and the Sheboygan County Hazmat Team, among other agencies, also responded.
FOX6 reached out to Watco, which owns Wisconsin Southern, but the company declined to comment.