TOWN OF SHEBOYGAN – Speed, alcohol and failure to yield are suspected factors in a two-vehicle crash Monday, July 28, that left a 23-year-old Sheboygan man seriously injured.
The incident happened shortly before 10 p.m. July 28 on Lakeshore Road near Willow Creek Lane in town of Sheboygan.
The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release preliminary investigation indicates a car traveling south on Lakeshore Road driven by a 52-year-old Sheboygan man was attempting to turn when it struck a northbound car.
The operator and sole occupant of the northbound car, the 23-year-old Sheboygan man, was transported from the scene by helicopter with serious injuries. Speed was a factor with the northbound vehicle, the sheriff’s office added.
The driver of the southbound vehicle sustained minor injuries. Alcohol and failure to yield appear to be factors with the operator of the southbound vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. As a result, the man was arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated causing injury.
The investigation is ongoing, the sheriff’s office said, and no further details were immediately released.
Contact Brandon Reid at breid@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Sheboygan Press: Sheboygan man seriously injured after two-vehicle crash on Lakeshore Road July 28
Reporting by Brandon Reid, Sheboygan Press / Sheboygan Press
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