Egg Harbor accident a reminder for work zone safety
It is against the law to be on your handheld device in a work zone in Wisconsin and a Forestville man found out why on Monday evening. Adam Buth of Forestville was driving his work vehicle on State Highway 42 near County Road I in Egg Harbor before 5:20 p.m. when he failed to stop in time at the direction of a flagger controlling construction traffic. This caused Buth to strike the vehicle driven by Lindsey Penning of Sturgeon Bay from behind. According to the crash report, Buth admits that his cellphone beeped and he reached for it to tap on the screen just before the accident. Penning told the officer that the back of her head hurt, but she refused medical treatment. Buth was cited for improperly using a phone while driving in a work zone.
