(Update: Dodge County Sheriff’s Office June 14 identified the Watertown man who died in the crash as William McDonald, adding the crash was still under investigation.)
DODGE COUNTY – A 42-year-old Watertown man died June 13 after a crash with a semitruck.
The crash happened on County A/I, south of County S in town of Oak Grove, at around 10:10 a.m. Friday, June 13, Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said.
Preliminary investigation, according to the sheriff’s office, shows a silver 2012 Buick Regal was headed north on County A/I when it failed to negotiate a slight right curve, entering the southbound lane. The Buick Regal then collided with a southbound semitruck pulling a trailer.
The semi came to rest across both lanes of traffic and the Buick came to rest against a tree on the east side of the roadway.
The sheriff’s office said the driver of the Buick, a 42-year-old Watertown man, had to be extricated from his vehicle. He was flown to a Milwaukee hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased, the sheriff’s office said.
The driver of the semitruck was a 50-year-old Richton Park, Illinois, man. He sustained minor injuries and was treated at a Beaver Dam hospital.
The crash remains under investigation by the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Team.
The name of the man who died is being withheld pending notification of family, the sheriff’s office said.
Contact Brandon Reid at breid@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Fond du Lac Reporter: Watertown man, 42, dies in crash with semitruck in Dodge County Friday morning
Reporting by Brandon Reid, Fond du Lac Reporter / Fond du Lac Reporter
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