Three-car accident injures five
WHITEWATER A three-vehicle crash on the Highway 12 bypass at 6:27 p.m. Halloween night sent a 16-month-old boy to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and injured four others.
According to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department:
Brandi L. Goessling, 29, of Whitewater, was westbound on Highway 12 and attempted to turn left onto Walworth Street.
Her Ford Expedition was struck broadside on the passenger side by a privately owned bus carrying two men. The sport utility vehicle was pushed eastbound into a Ford truck waiting at the intersection, carrying a man and a 16-year-old boy.
Goessling’s children, Rudy, L. Goessling, 3, and Hank, D. Goessling, 16 months, were properly restrained in the vehicle. Brandi Goessling was not wearing a seatbelt.
Brandi and Rudy were treated and released from Fort Memorial Hospital in Fort Atkinson.
Hank Goessling is at Children’s Hospital. His condition was unknown.
The men in the bus, Darrin J. Heap, 61, of Eaton Minnesota and James D. Cox, 58, unknown address, were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
The truck passengers, Jeffrey S. Newman, 40, and Matthew S. Newman, 16, both of Whitewater, were uninjured.
Brandi Goessling is expected to be ticketed for failing to yield the right-of-way while turning left.
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