4 Car Crash with accidents in Grant County | Dubuque’s Tremendous Hits 106 – 70s, 80s, & 90s

A four-vehicle crash closed Freeway 80 on the intersection with County Freeway A in Platteville Township Thursday for over 5 hours. The crash occurred at about 8:25am north of Platteville. In response to the Grant County Sheriff’s Division, 23 12 months previous Ryan Oberhoffer of Dubuque was touring south on Highway 80 in his firm’s semi and pulling a flatbed trailer loaded with a Freightliner water truck. On the identical time, 28 12 months previous Clayton Morby of Salem, Wisconsin was touring east on County Freeway A in his firm’s work truck. Morby didn’t see the cease signal and drove proper into the intersection at freeway speeds and drove proper in entrance of Oberhoffer’s semi. Oberhoffer t-boned Morby’s automobile on the driving force’s facet. Morby’s automobile went airborne, struck an influence pole roughly 20 toes up, and landed on the banks of the Little Platte River. The ability pole broke in half and the strains got here down. Oberhoffer’s semi jack-knifed, coming to relaxation in opposition to the guardrail on the east facet of the street. On the identical time, 66 12 months previous Charles Johnson of Dubuque was touring north in his firm’s Worldwide semi and acquired hung up within the downed energy strains and stretched them even farther. As Johnson’s semi stretched the roads it ripped extra energy strains off of the poles on County Freeway A, bringing them down on prime of a automobile pushed by 79 12 months previous Janice Staskal of Lancaster. Staskal and her passenger weren’t injured. Johnson’s truck had minor damages from the facility strains. Johnson additionally was not injured. Morby was entrapped in his automobile and was extricated by Platteville JAWS. Oberhoffer and Morby had been each taken to Southwest Well being in Platteville for his or her accidents. Morby was later med-flighted to Madison. All the people concerned with the crash had been carrying their seatbelts. Freeway 80 and County Freeway A remained closed till about 2:00pm as Heavy Rescue crews recovered the closely broken automobiles. The Grant County Sheriff’s Workplace was assisted by the Platteville Fireplace Division, Platteville JAWS, Livingston First Responders, the Livingston Fireplace Division, Southwest Well being EMS, Guys Towing and Service of Kieler, Wenzel Household Towing of Dubuque, Alliant Power, and the Wisconsin State Patrol. The crash stays beneath investigation.