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Authorities release new information on fatal I-43 crash

Posted at 2:40 PM, Dec 28, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-28 23:54:36-05

MANITOWOC COUNTY, Wis. — Manitowoc County Deputy Coroner Kendall Behnke is releasing new information on a fatal crash in Manitowoc County that took the life of a Green Bay man and sent a woman and a baby to the hospital.

On Wednesday night, authorities say a Ford Focus left Interstate 43 and rolled down a steep embankment near Devils River.

A passenger in the vehicle, Diontai Hamilton of Green Bay, was pronounced dead at the scene. The Deputy Coroner says Diontai was wearing a seat belt and suffered blunt force injuries of the neck.

The car did not enter the river.

Other passengers were transported to a Green Bay Hospital for care.

The State Patrol and the Manitowoc Co. Sheriff’s office are continuing to investigate the crash. A GoFundMe for the crash victims has raised more than $1,000 dollars.