HARTLAND, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A semi-truck driver died after a rollover crash in Shawano County.
Just before 5 a.m. Tuesday, dispatch received a report of a semi-truck/trailer that flipped over on Highway 29 near Porter Road in the town of Hartland.
Initial reports indicted the driver was trapped inside the vehicle in the eastbound lanes of Highway 29.
Multiple Shawano County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the scene along with fire and EMS units.
Upon arrival, the eastbound lanes of Highway 29 were completely blocked due to the crash.
The driver of the semi-tractor/trailer, a 59-year-old Antigo area man, was trapped inside the cab and pronounced deceased.
Preliminary investigation indicates the semi-truck was traveling west on Hwy 29 in the right lane through the construction zone. In this area of the construction zone, there was a large section of roadway cut out in the left lane which had orange traffic posts around it. The driver side tire entered this cut out causing the tire to blow and the semi-truck driver to lose control. The semi-tractor/trailer then flipped over into the median. The trailer came to rest in the median and semi cab came to rest in the eastbound lanes of Highway 29. Both the semi-tractor and trailer sustained severe damage.
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