2 killed, 6 injured in fiery 7-vehicle crash in western Wisconsin
WILSON, Wis. — Two people were killed and six others injured in a crash involving seven vehicles in western Wisconsin Monday evening, authorities said.
The crash happened around 5:40 p.m. on Interstate 94 westbound near Wilson, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Traffic on the highway was slowed due to construction. A driver in a semi "failed to identify the slowed traffic" and crashed into a Ford F-150 and another semi, the patrol said. Four more vehicles were struck during a chain reaction and multiple vehicles caught fire.
The semi driver who caused the crash, identified as Zdzislaw Obodzinski, 76, of Palatine, Illinois, and the driver of the F-150, James Shearer, 45, of Hammond, Wisconsin, were both killed, according to state patrol.
The six injured people have been treated and released.
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The interstate and the Highway 128 overpass at the location of the crash were closed but have since reopened.