Wisconsin Fatal Accidents

A northern Wisconsin wood processor where a 16-year-old died after an industrial accident in June 2023 was one of 12 employers listed for egregious workplace hazards by a national advocacy group ...[...]

While speeding-involved crash fatalities declined by more than half (55.1%) in the rest of the state, Sommerhauser said: "More than 200% increase in the number of fatality crashes in Milwaukee County ...[...]

One of the buses damaged in a reckless driving incident, a battery-electric model, could take a long time to replace.[...]

The crash resulted in traffic being backed up along I-65 for several hours Tuesday.[...]

Wrong-way crashes kill innocent people with startling frequency in Wisconsin. Our state has the highest rate of wrong-way driving fatalities in the nation, and simple things are not being done to ...[...]

MANITOWOC, Wis. (WBAY) - A man died Tuesday afternoon after a semi crashed into a pickup truck. Manitowoc Police Department was dispatched around 1:00 p.m. with Manitowoc Fire Rescue, to Calumet Ave ...[...]

Witnesses and EMS personnel performed life-saving efforts, but the driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene.[...]

The Rock County Medical Examiner's Office has released the name of a woman who died from injuries related to a multi-vehicle crash on Saturday, April 13, on U.S.[...]

A 57-year-old truck driver from Chilton died when his semi overturned after a car failed to yield at a stop sign.[...]

A pedestrian was hit and killed while on a sidewalk in the Upstate, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Just after 3 p.m. Friday, a 2015 Nissan sedan veered off Anderson Street near ...[...]

In Wisconsin, 484 of the 5,327 fatal traffic crashes from 2013 to 2022 involved wrong-way drivers - or 9.1%, the highest percentage of any state, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...[...]

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Three people have died, and four others, including a child, were injured after a crash on Highway 41 near Caruthers on Friday night. The crash happened around 7 pm ...[...]

In Wisconsin, 484 of the 5,327 fatal traffic crashes from 2013 to 2022 involved wrong-way drivers - or 9.1%, the highest percentage of any state, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...[...]

A fatal collision between an S-U-V and pickup truck happened on a Coulee road in the Town of Pigeon.[...]

The release said a semi traveling west on County F collided with the car, and the impact caused the semi to overturn. The 63-year-old semi driver died in the crash. The driver of the car, a ...[...]

SAINT NAZIANZ, Wis. (WBAY) - One person died and another was injured following a crash earlier this week in Manitowoc County.[...]

A Vancouver man died in a crash on Highway 14 in Skamania County late Thursday evening. According to a crash memo from the Washington State Patrol. Zane A. Ruby, 31, was killed in the crash about ...[...]

CROWN POINT - The passenger killed last week when the driver of a semitrailer failed to slow for traffic and plowed into the rear of a Kia Sorento SUV along the local stretch of Interstate 94 ...[...]

In Wisconsin, 484 of the 5,327 fatal traffic crashes in 2013 to 2022 involved wrong-way drivers - or 9.1%, the highest percentage of any state, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...[...]

Jeffrey Turnipseed, 67; Ericka Berg, 38; and Jamie Ranguette, 39 of Whitewater all died at the scene of a crash that occurred on April 13 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and East County Line ...[...]

Four more people were taken to hospitals after the crash when a van failed to stop at a stop sign and was hit by an SUV and a truck.[...]

One person died after a plane crashed Tuesday afternoon near Hartsburg, according to a spokesperson from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.[...]

MINNEAPOLIS - The family of Ricky Cobb II on Wednesday morning filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state trooper that fatally shot him and another trooper involved in the traffic ...[...]

Drunken driving and older drivers are key factors. Better signage, redesigned roads and flashing alert systems can help prevent the problem, experts say.[...]

Wisconsin led the nation in the percentage of fatal crashes involving wrong-way drivers from 2013 to 2022. Here's what's driving the problem.[...]

Wisconsin, which has the nation's highest percentage of fatal crashes involving wrong-way drivers, was one of the first states to install alert systems, putting 20 of them in Milwaukee County ...[...]

Drunken driving and older drivers are key factors. Better signage, redesigned roads and flashing alert systems can help prevent the problem, experts say.[...]

IT'S JUST GETTING MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS OUT THERE. DESPITE SAFETY MEASURES DESIGNED TO PROTECT A CREW WORKING ON INTERSTATE 83 SOUTHBOUND OVERNIGHT, THREE LEE LOST THEIR LIVES. THE ACCIDENT ...[...]

In Wisconsin, 484 of the 5,327 fatal traffic crashes in 2013 to 2022 involved wrong-way drivers - or 9.1%, the highest percentage of any state, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety ...[...]

Wisconsin led the nation in the percentage of fatal crashes involving wrong-way drivers from 2013 to 2022, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Nearly one in 10 fatal ...[...]

Two miles from their home near Weyauwega, a pickup truck going the wrong way on Highway 10 hit their SUV head ... the children's stepfather. Wisconsin had the nation's highest percentage ...[...]

However, in Wisconsin, any detectable amount of illegal ... The crash happened on I-43 at about 2:45 p.m. Slezewski's wife, Heather Arcaro-Slezewski, 38, and his mother, Clarine, 71, died in ...[...]

No criminal charges have been filed as a result of the crash and the investigation is continuing, authorities said.[...]

The man who was killed in a crash on I-80 / 94 in Lake County has been identified. Ty Freimuth, 39, of Niles was killed when his family SUV was rear-ended by a semi truck. His wife and young son were ...[...]