Wisconsin
2 semis collide on Wisconsin highway; fatalities reported
UNION GROVE, Wis. (AP) — A number of folks have been killed in a fiery head-on crash involving two semi-tractor trailers Tuesday in southeastern Wisconsin, authorities stated.
The Racine County Sheriff’s Workplace stated an preliminary investigation revealed {that a} semi was pulling a flatbed trailer on state Freeway 11 east of Union Grove when it crossed the middle line and hit a semi pulling a dry bulk tanker.
Smoke from the hearth was seen from a number of miles. Authorities stated the highway will probably be shut down for an prolonged time period.
Photographs and video from the scene present a semi-truck with a flatbed trailer fully engulfed and destroyed by flames in a farm area to the south facet of Freeway 11. There’s a tanker truck on its facet about 100 toes away from the semi, additionally on the south facet of the freeway in entrance of a house, the Racine Journal Occasions reported.
Brittany Grimm, who lives within the space, stated she heard a “big explosion” adopted by “seven or eight smaller ones” at about 10:45 a.m.