July 20, 2018 – Town of Wayne, WI – At 6:44 a.m. on Friday, July 20 the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an accident with injuries at the intersection of Highway 28 and Townline Road in Town of Wayne.
A caller reported one vehicle almost on its side in the ditch up against the culvert with the driver inside.
The caller and another passerby attempted to pull the driver from the vehicle, but he was pinned inside. Squads were dispatched along with Fire & Rescue from Kewaskum and Kohlsville and West Bend Intercept was requested.
Flight for Life was also requested, but was cancelled prior to their arrival on-scene.
When the first officer arrived the driver was conscious, but not alert and it appeared his left leg was pinned. The vehicle involved was a pickup truck and it had struck the culvert head-on.
Rescue personnel worked to free the driver from the vehicle, but he subsequently passed away on-scene due to his injuries.
The initial investigation showed the pickup truck was eastbound on Highway 28 and for an unknown reason went left of center after cresting the hill west of Townline Road. The vehicle entered the north ditch line continuing east and struck the culvert head on in the northwest corner of the intersection.
Highway 28 is has been closed between Highland Drive and Lake Bernice Road. The Sheriff’s Office Accident Reconstruction Team has been paged and will be working at the scene.
No further information being released at this time as this is an active investigation.