Iowa
Crash closes Iowa Co. highway, medical helicopter responds, sheriff’s office reports
RIDGEWAY, Wis. (WMTV) – A stretch of an Iowa Co. highway is closed Thursday afternoon after a multi-vehicle crash, the Iowa Co. Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
According to the Sheriff’s Office, emergency responders for several agencies have been called to the scene along Highway 18/151, at the Co. Hwy. T intersection. A medical helicopter was also dispatched to the scene.
Eastbound lanes of Hwy. 151/18 are closed because of the wreck. Drivers are being asked to turn south onto Co. Hwy. T and then take Co. Road K back to the highway.
Authorities were called to the wreck around 11:15 a.m., the Sheriff’s Office reported. It did not provide details about what happened. No information has been released at this time regarding how many people may have been hurt in the crash.
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