Posted: Friday, Jan 27, 2012 — 3:49p.m.
Release from Rock County Sheriff:
On Friday Jan 27th, during 8:48 a.m., Deputies from a Rock County Sheriff’s Office along with crew from Clinton Police Department, Turtle Police Department, Clinton Fire and EMS were dispatched to a dual car repairs pile-up during a intersection of STH 140 and CTH P in Bradford Township. A engineer flitting by a stage called a 911 core to news a crash.
At approximately 8:54 a.m., military and glow crew arrived on scene. There was a 1994 Chevy Corsica sedan straddling a north and southbound lanes of STH 140, only north of CTH P. The Corsica driven by 45 year-old Michael G. Downing of Beloit had complicated newcomer side damage. Downing was found in a drivers’ side with serious conduct trauma. Downing was private from a car and airlifted by Lifeline to St. Anthony’s Medical Center, Rockford where he is reported to be in vicious condition.
The initial review reveals that Downing was westbound on CTH P when he stopped during a intersection of STH 140. Downing proceeded west into a intersection when he unsuccessful to produce to a southbound 33,000 lb pellet hauler driven by 61 year-old Allen Weiland of Avalon. The vehicles collided in a intersection promulgation a Corsica north on STH 140. Weiland, who was not injured, was means to lift to a side of a road.
Failure to produce a right-of-way appears to be a categorical contributing cause in a crash; Downing did have his seatbelt fastened. Alcohol and speed to not seem to be contributing factors in a crash. STH 140 was sealed for approximately 3 and a half hours while WI State Patrol reconstructed a crash.
