MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — One man is dead after a crash Tuesday between a pickup truck and semi in Manitowoc.
Shortly after 1 p.m., Manitowoc’s police and fire departments responded to Calumet Avenue (State Highway 151) at State Highway 42 for a pickup truck that had been hit by a semi.
Witnesses and EMS personnel performed life-saving efforts, but the driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as an 81-year-old Valders man. His name has not been released.
A preliminary investigation showed the pickup truck was traveling westbound on Calumet Avenue. When the driver turned to travel south on State Highway 42, he turned in front of a semi traveling eastbound on Calumet Avenue.
The 24-year-old Manitowoc man driving the semi was not injured.
A crash reconstruction is being conducted by the Wisconsin State Patrol.
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