Thursday, September 1, 2016

3 seriously injured, fuel spilled, after a logging truck and an SUV collided on Highway 97 near Marshfield, WI


Logging truck, SUV crash on Hwy 97
Thursday, September 01, 2016 11:46 a.m. CDT
Logging truck accident on Hwy 97 near Marshfield, WI (WAOW-TV)

MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU-WAOW).


 A logging truck and an SUV collided on Highway 97 near Marshfield Thursday morning. Three people, including an infant, were seriously injured. The truck left the road and overturned in a ditch.

The Marathon County Sheriffs Department says the crash happened around 8am near Stadt Avenue. The road remained closed into the afternoon as accident investigators and a fuel clean-up team worked in the area.

Two other vehicles were hit with debris from the crash. A vacant building near the scene was also damaged.

The injured were taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.