![]() ![]() The nearest bridges over the Mississippi River are 27 miles away in Lansing, or 60 miles away in Dubuque.Īdditional details about the circumstances of the crash was expected to be released on Monday. Officials initially suggested drivers avoid the area and find an alternate route. The sheriff’s office said they closed the bridge during the cleanup and investigation, but reopened it to traffic after about 4 hours. The sheriff’s office said the drivers of the two-vehicles involved were killed. (ABC 6 News) – A two-vehicle crash at a bridge over the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa left 2 people dead on Sunday morning.Īccording to the Crawford County, Wisconsin, Sheriff’s Office, at approximately 11:22 a.m., they were notified of a crash on US Hwy 18 that involved two vehicles at the bridge that connects Prairie du Chien, Wisc., and Marquette, Iowa. It took crews about 4 and a half hours to investigate the crash and clean it up. A friend of the Hackman family has set up a GoFundMe for them. The Sheriff’s Office says there were also an adult woman and two young children inside the Chevrolet who suffered non-life threatening injuries. ![]() The Sheriff’s Office did not indicate who crossed over the center line. They say 43-year-old Tracy Larson of Prairie du Chien was driving eastbound in a 2002 Cadillac Escalade, and 36-year-old Luke Hackman of Decorah was driving westbound in a 2007 Chevrolet 2500HD when the collision happened. The Sheriff’s Office says two vehicles collided head-on in the area of the Township of Bridgeport around 11:20 a.m. Note all crash values and crash rates are approximate based on available data and are subject to change with further analysis.UPDATE: 11/28 (11:54 a.m.) – The Crawford County, Wisc., Sheriff’s Office released the names of the two individuals who were killed in a head-on crash on US Hwy 18 at a bridge that connects Marquette, Iowa to Prairie du Chien, Wisc. Two examples are Highway 15 & County CB, and Highway 55 & County CE. Also, intersections that were recently reconstructed were removed from this list. Interchange ramps are under the jurisdiction of the Wisconsin DOT. Intersections at highway interchanges with US 41 and Hwy 441 are not included on this list. The Department continues to monitor these locations. Many more intersections were identified during the review that did not make this list.
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