GERMANTOWN, WI (WTAQ) - A West Bend man was killed during the weekend, when his car slammed into a stopped semi-truck on the Highway 45 expressway in Washington County.

Sheriff’s deputies said the car got wedged under the semi.

It happened early Saturday near the northbound exit at Highway 145 at Germantown. Officials said a couple pulled their semi off the road to talk about their next stop – and its warning lights were activated.

The couple in the truck escaped injury. The name of the car driver was not immediately released.