CALUMET COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) – A second person has died in a crash in which a car rear-ended a road sweeper in eastern Wisconsin.
Calumet County officials said 50-year-old Derrick Burkhalter of Hilbert died on Monday at a Neenah hospital, after he was critically injured in the April 27th crash. The car driver, 28-year-old Andrew Graverson of the town of Menasha, died at the crash scene.
The State Patrol said Burkhalter was operating a Calumet County sweeper truck that was trailing two road graders on a shoulder when the sweeper was rear-ended. It happened east of Menasha on Highways 10 and 114 in Harrison.
Meanwhile, authorities have released the name of a woman killed by a car in central Wisconsin.
Marathon County sheriff’s officials said 67-year-old Phyllis Pawlowski of Athens was walking on Highway 97 near Athens on Saturday night when the car struck her. She died at the scene.
Deputies do not suspect drugs or alcohol as factors on the female driver’s part. She has not been cited.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
