Man causes fatal car crash while talking on a cellphone

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

A 65-year-old Wisconsin man is awaiting trial where he will face charges of second-degree reckless homicide and negligent homicide. The man is accused of causing the death of a 37-year-old woman while driving on a wet road. After a police investigation, authorities have stated that the 65-year-old man was driving behind a truck pulling a […]

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Wisconsin man kills elderly woman in hit-and-run car accident

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

A 36-year-old Hammond man killed an 84-year-old woman in a hit-and-run accident one recent afternoon. The elderly woman was walking along a county road in a neighboring state when the fatal crash occurred. The man hit the woman and fled the scene in as she was left in a ditch. Emergency personnel detected a pulse […]

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Wisconsin man killed in rear-end motor vehicle accident

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

A man from Onalaska was killed in a two-vehicle auto accident on one late afternoon. According to the police, the man was driving on Interstate 90 and slowed his vehicle as he neared an exit. At that point, a truck hit the back of the victim’s car. The collision caused the vehicle to swerve out […]

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Wisconsin man flies past stop sign, killing 2 and injuring 8

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

A 67-year-old man killed two people and injured eight others when he blew past a stop sign Suburban at an intersection in Eagle Point. As a result, a pickup truck T-boned the man’s car at the intersection. The Suburban carried five people besides the driver. There were four people in the truck. Two women in […]

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Brothers face charges in fatal hit-and-run

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

Criminal charges have been filed against a 17-year-old boy for killing a 52-year-old man in a hit-and-run car accident. His family members persuaded the nearly blind teenager to go to Mexico after the accident and assisted him. He later came back to the U.S., and police arrested him while he was hiding in a closet […]

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Wisconsin car, pedestrian and motorcycle accident fatalities up

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

The number of traffic accidents resulting in fatalities in the state of Wisconsin for this year is slightly higher than last year’s numbers, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. A total of 68 people died in the month of July, which is eight more than the average for a five year period. Thus far, […]

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