Mark Graceffa, 35, and Richard Brill, 84, dead after wrong-way crash on Interstate 43 in Oostburg, Wisconsin
Two people killed in wrong-way crash on I-43 southbound
Two people were killed in a crash on Interstate 43 southbound at County Road AA in Oostburg. The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department said a person in their mid-80s was going northbound in the southbound lanes at full highway speed and hit another vehicle. The driver of the second car was in their mid-30s. The two drivers were the only occupants of each vehicle.
Two dead in wrong-way, head-on collision that shut down I-43 SB near Oostburg
As deputies were en route, they learned a head-on crash had occurred near Mile Marker 113. The drivers of both of the vehicles involved were killed. Sheriff’s officials say a Pontiac, driven by a man in his mid-80s, was headed the wrong way on I-43 prior to the crash. The other vehicle, a Honda, was being driven by a man in his mid-30s.
Traffic snarled on I-43 due to crash
The DOT urged drivers to exit I-43 South at County Highway AA, then to take Highway AA to Sauk Trail Road and follow Sauk Trail Road south back to I-43.
First responders from Cedar Grove and Oostburg were at the scene of the crash.
Two killed in wrong-way crash on I-43 in Sheboygan County
The crash was reported about 5:30 p.m. on southbound I-43 near mile marker 115 near Oostburg, Sgt. Randy Haag of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office said. According to Haag, the sheriff's office was notified of a motorist driving north in the southbound lanes of the highway shortly before the crash.
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