Multi-vehicle crash closes Highway 12 near LaGrange
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Five vehicle crash closes U.S. Highway 12
A crash involving four cars and a semi closed U.S. Highway 12 for most of the day March 29, 2010.
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Emergency crews tend to victims of a five-vehicle crash Monday on U.S. Highway 12 near LaGrange in Walworth County. Terry Mayer/staff.
LaGRANGE TOWNSHIP -- U.S. Highway 12 near LaGrange was closed for nearly 6 hours Monday while authorities investigated a multiple-vehicle crash.
Officials expected to re-open both lanes by 3:30 p.m.
At least four passenger vehicles and a semi are involved, according to Walworth County dispatch. A state investigator has been called to examine the semi.
A 911 call was made to Walworth County dispatch at 9:43 a.m. today about the crash which happened just west of County Highway O in LaGrange Township.
The road will remained closed until sometime this afternoon, according to the Walworth County Sheriff's Office.
The crash scene extends approximately 150 yards, with multiple points of contact.
At least two people were transported Aurora Lakeland Medical Center.
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Apr 2, 2010 at 8:19 a.m.
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Wow - Inattentive driving seems to be involved in a lot of recent accidents - the one on F & 67 involved inattentive driving as well - still trying to figure out how someone completely blows a stop sign there and t bones another car at around 50 miles an hour - it's wide open, wasn't dark or foggy yet, it was around 6:30! That is a terrible intersection and they need to at the very least put flashing stop signs up. When a car ends up 400 -500 feet in a cornfield after being t-boned, you'd think that may be considered!
Mar 31, 2010 at 6:24 p.m.
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Driver will be ticketed: http://bit.ly/abRadc
Mar 31, 2010 at 10:31 a.m.
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Windy, We have an update in today's Gazette. Story will be online by 4 p.m.
Mar 31, 2010 at 8:49 a.m.
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How about an update for THIS story?!?
Mar 31, 2010 at 8:42 a.m.
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UPDATE: An inattentive driver apparently caused the chain of events that led to the crash Monday on Highway 12. There were no life-threatening injuries. We'll have the story online today about 4 p.m. --Dan Plutchak
Mar 31, 2010 at 8:39 a.m.
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Thanks for the tip. We hadn't heard about the crash at F and 67, but I've asked Pedro to track down the accident report. -Plutchak
Mar 30, 2010 at 12:48 p.m.
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No response at all? That seems strange!
Mar 30, 2010 at 11:04 a.m.
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mellie, I contacted a staffer who covers Walworth County about that accident and never received a response.
Mar 29, 2010 at 5:40 p.m.
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Mellie - I heard there was an accident there, I drive it nearly every day, saw the leftovers of it, and knew something bad had to of happened. Never saw a thing anywhere about that either.
Mar 29, 2010 at 3:32 p.m.
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I can't believe the papers have not made mention of the crash on Hwy 67 and Hwy F by Inspiration Ministries that happened on 3/12/2010. It was bad and that is a terrible intersection to begin with.
Mar 29, 2010 at 1:47 p.m.
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And you know they weren't, how?
Mar 29, 2010 at 12:42 p.m.
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I couldn't disagree more, dig. I was worried when I first heard the news and now know that the person I was worrying about was not involved. At times it takes hours and hours for family to be notified. By being able to see the vehicles involved, someone may have saved a lot of precious time.
Mar 29, 2010 at noon
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don't you think that you should NOT post photos until family is notified? real classy, gazette. nice way for family to find out these things.
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