Brown County Sheriff's Office.
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Man dies in head-on collision in New Denmark, sheriff's office says

One person was killed after an SUV went the wrong way down an off-ramp and collided head-on with a minivan, the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies were dispatched to a crash at 5:05 p.m. Nov. 27 at Interstate 43 and State 96/Shirley Road in New Denmark.

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A Toyota SUV went the wrong way down an off-ramp for southbound I-43 to State 96, the sheriff’s office said, colliding with a southbound Dodge Caravan that leaving the interstate.

Two men and a woman were extricated from the minivan with serious injuries and transported to a hospital. A 37-year-old Two Rivers-area man was a passenger and died from his injuries on Nov. 29. The minivan driver, a 68-year-old Two Rivers man, and another passenger, a 64-year-old Two Rivers woman, were injured.

The driver of the SUV was a 67-year-old woman from the Pound area. She sustained minor injuries, the sheriff’s office said.

Alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash, the sheriff’s office said.

This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press-Gazette: Man dies in head-on collision in New Denmark, sheriff’s office says

Reporting by Green Bay Press-Gazette / Green Bay Press-Gazette

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