[ACCIDENT] Five People Hurt After Man Loses Control of His 1997 Corvette

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[ACCIDENT] Five People Hurt After Man Looses Control of his 1997 Corvette
Photo Credit: Jim Birkemeier

Sometimes speed will get you in trouble when you’re driving a sports car.

That was apparently the case on Saturday when a 58-year-old man lost control of his 1997 Corvette in a curve and crashed head-on into an oncoming 2014 Ford Escape.

In all, Sauk County (Michigan) Sheriff’s Department officials said five people were seriously injured in the crash, which obliterated the front end of the black Corvette, leaving it practically unrecognizable as a Chevy sports car.

The Corvette driver, alone in his vehicle, was taken by Med Flight to the University of Wisconsin Hospital with serious injuries, as was one of the passengers in the Escape.

The 69-year-old driver of the Escape was carried to the same hospital by ambulance, and her other two passengers arrived at Sauk Prairie Hospital by ambulance.

The accident happened about 1 p.m. on Highway 60 in the Town of Troy, Mich., just west of Troy Village Road.

Several emergency departments helped in the aftermath of the crash – including Sauk Prairie, Spring Green, Baraboo, and Lodi ambulance services; Plain, Sauk City, Spring Green, and Prairie Du Sac fire departments; Spring Green Police Department; Sauk County Highway Department; and two UW Med Flight helicopters.

Before the first emergency medical technician arrived on the scene, passing motorists had also stopped to offer assistance.

Authorities blame speed and failure to control the Corvette for causing the crash.


Source:
wiscnews.com

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