TOWN OF CASCO (NBC 26) —
UPDATE THREE:
Cody Heinze, a hydrogeologist with Wisconsin DNR, said that as of Wednesday morning, the cleanup for the manure spill has been completed.
Heinze added that the discharged manure, which was around 5,000 to 6,000 gallons, has been taken to a manure pit that has a permit for industrial waste.
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UPDATE TWO:
The Kewaunee County Sheriff's office now reports that the driver of the passenger truck is still alive.
In an interview, Sheriff Matt Joski said a press release announcing the driver's death, which was sent out Wednesday morning, was incorrect.
Joski says the confusion stemmed from a miscommunication with the coroner's office. The coroner told the sheriff's department that the driver had been taken off life support, which Joski incorrectly understood to mean the driver had died. The department later learned that the man remains alive.
Joski adds that the department is in communication with the victim's family regarding the matter.
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UPDATE ONE:
The driver of the passenger truck, identified as 80-year-old Garry Richard of Suring, has died due to injuries sustained in the crash, according to the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Office.
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ORIGINAL REPORTING:
Two drivers are hospitalized after a crash involving a truck and a semi-truck hauling liquid manure in Kewaunee County Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Kewaunee County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded just after 2:15 p.m. to the intersection of County Highways C and K in the Town of Casco for a two-vehicle accident where the driver of a passenger truck was ejected.
Investigators believe an 80-year-old man driving a passenger truck was heading west on CTH K. He stopped at the controlled intersection before proceeding and getting struck by a semi traveling south on CTH C, operated by a 25-year-old man from Green Bay.
The semi was hauling liquid manure, deputies said.
Both vehicles left the road, with the semi overturning in the adjacent ditch, according to deputies. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources also responded to aid in the spill mitigation.
Both drivers were taken to a hospital in Green Bay with unknown injuries. The incident remains under investigation, officials said.
