A quick look at the phone may be to blame for a two-vehicle accident involving a Wisconsin State Patrol vehicle that sent an Egg Harbor man to the hospital last Friday afternoon. The accident occurred just before 1:40 p.m. near the intersection of State Highway 57 and County Highway Y when the Wisconsin State Patrol sports utility vehicle driver veered out of the right lane into the rear end of a parked trailer. According to the incident report, the 62-year-old man from Marshall told deputies on the scene that he had looked down at his phone when he was receiving a call, and by the time he looked up again, it was too late for him to avoid the crash. He added that he might have crossed the white fog line where the work truck and trailer were parked. An employee of Ashley’s Property Maintenance was securing items on the trailer when it was struck, throwing him into the air before he landed on the roadway. The man was transported to a Green Bay hospital, where he was treated for suspected major injuries. He told the Door County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday that he was parked off the roadway over the fog line with hazards on his vehicle activated. The driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries, but he did not need to be transported. He did, however, receive a citation for unsafe lane deviation. The accident did require southbound STH 57 to be closed for just over an hour so the scene could be cleaned up.
