Accident Takes Life of Wisconsin Motorcyclist
On behalf of Milwaukee truck accident attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Motorcycle Accidents on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
A construction zone has proved to be deadly and accident prone on a Wisconsin road.
A motorcycle accident proved fatal for a 52-year-old motorcyclist from Greenleaf. The man reportedly rear-ended a semi truck that had slowed to avoid a construction barrel on the highway near Scheuring Road.
The incident occurred one morning last week on U.S. 41. According to a police trooper, the motorcyclist was unable to stop for the trailer, lost control of his Harley Davidson bike, and struck the semi. The accident was between Brown County G/Main Avenue and County F/Scheuring Road, according to the Northwestern.
Police did not release the motorcyclist’s identify immediately, awaiting for the deceased man’s family to be informed of the accident. The 33-year-old semi driver from Kimberly was not hurt, and southbound traffic was jammed for miles afterwards as reconstruction crews investigated the scene. The lanes were reopened by mid-afternoon.
Construction has been under way on the exit near where the accident took place through the entire summer as part of the U.S. 41 project. Two other accidents had occurred along Interstate 43 the day before, which closed the road for nearly two hours.
In one of those accidents, a 41-year-old man hit a guardrail on a ramp curve while traveling north on a motorcycle. He was transferred to St. Vincent Hospital and was listed in critical condition.
After that accident, traffic began to back up along the highway, and according to police, a 68-year-old woman driving a van rear-ended an SUV. The driver of the van sustained serious injuries and was taken to Aurora BayCare Medical Center. Officials did not give information about her condition.
The accidents illustrate the need to slow down and drive carefully while in construction zones.
Source: The Northwestern, “Motorcyclist dies in U.S. 41 crash with truck,” Charles Davis and Doug Schneider, Aug. 17, 2011 [NOTE: source no longer exists]
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