MARCH 19, 2015
TOWN OF HERMAN, DODGE COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Three people were
sent to the hospital following a crash between a pickup truck and a semi filled
with cheese.
Bradley Strobel, 36, of Neosho, was towing a trailer behind
his pickup truck on County Trunk P around 8:40 p.m. on March 18, when he
stopped at a stop sign at the intersection of Highway 33 in the town of Herman,
according to a Dodge County Sheriff’s Office press release.
As Strobel pulled into the intersection, he was struck by an
eastbound semi truck hauling 40,000 pounds of cheese. The semi left the roadway
and overturned in a pond, spilling diesel fuel into the water.
The driver of the semi, John P. Wiseman, 53, of Bell
Fountain, Ohio, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported to
St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend.
Strobel also sustained non life-threatening injuries and was
transported to Hartford Hospital but was later transferred to Froedtert
Memorial Hospital in Milwaukee where he was treated and released. Strobel’s
passenger, David Strobel, 67, of Neosho, was flown from the scene by Flight for
Life to Froedtert Hospital.
Patient condition reports for David Strobel and Wiseman were
unavailable.
Highway 33 was closed for three hours while law enforcement
investigated the crash. The cause remains under investigation.
Assisting at the scene were Dodge County Crash Investigation
Team, Dodge County Emergency Response Team, Allenton and Theresa Fire
Departments, Mayville, Allenton and Theresa EMS and the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources.
There goes our cheese.
Be careful when you transport that valuable stuff, man. We love Wisconsin cheese. And the Packers, of course.