GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) – Three people have been injured in a four-vehicle accident in Grand Chute.
Grand Chute Police says it happened at 12:07 pm Thursday on the Highway 41 southbound ramp to Wisconsin Avenue.
Officer Travis Waas notes the chain-reaction crash was started by an elderly female driver.
“As she was approaching the intersection, where there was a red light, she believed she hit the brake, vehicle wasn’t stopping, she thought her brakes went out. That’s when she struck the first vehicle, pushing that into the vehicle that was stopped in front of that vehicle.”
“She then went to the right of those vehicles, hopped the curb, and hit the traffic standard (light), knocked that traffic standard over. That fell onto the fourth vehicle that was involved.”
“She continued through the intersection. On the opposite end of the intersection, she hit a second traffic standard, before she went into the ditch, where she ultimately came to rest.”
Waas says the officers at the scene took action.
“The elderly female was issued a citation for failing to keep her vehicle under control. Speaking with the investigating officer, it looks like that she was possibly just mistaking the gas for the brake.”
Two people were taken to the hospital. Their conditions are unknown.
The intersection has since been cleared and is fully open.
