Washington County fatal crash; car collides with semi, 1 dead
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wis. - A Washington County crash involving a semi-truck and car left one person dead on Wednesday, Sept. 11. It happened shortly before 4 p.m. on CTH M near Trading Post Trail in the Town of Trenton.
When crews arrived at the scene, they found the operator of a sedan unresponsive in the vehicle. The operator was pronounced dead at the scene.
The operator of the semi was uninjured in the crash.
The initial investigation shows that the semi-truck was stopped in the eastbound lane of traffic as it was delivering equipment. The sedan was also eastbound and failed to react to the semi-truck stopped in traffic until the last second – resulting in the sedan hitting the rear of the trailer.
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County Tk M was shut down for approximately four hours for accident reconstruction and removal of vehicles.
The accident is under investigation by the Sheriff's Office Accident Reconstruction Team.