Three injured in Rock County crash

By BETH WHEELOCK Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009

Three people are injured, one critically, in an apparent drunk driving crash Friday night.

Rock County Sheriff's officials say 39-year-old Daniel Winter of Evansville was at the intersection of Highways 14 and E west of Janesville when a truck on Highway E failed to stop at the intersection. 32-year-old Anthony Brogan and 32-year-old Jeff Swierk, both of Lombard, IL, were ejected when their truck collided with Winter's truck. The truck driven by Brogan landed on top of him in a ditch. He was treated for hypothermia at Mercy Hospital and arrested for causing injury by OWI. Officials say other citations are likely.

Swierk is listed in critical condition at Rockford Memorial Hospital. Winter had minor injuries but was not treated.

That portion of Highway 14 was closed for about an hour and a half.

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