Three-vehicle crash closed STH 57 Friday afternoon
State Highway 57 was closed for about an hour on Friday afternoon in front of Koepsel’s Market in Sister Bay following an accident that involved three vehicles. The incident occurred just after 12:15 p.m. when a Headwater Wholesale truck struck a similar truck owned by Milwaukee-based Hernia Movers. That started a chain reaction that ended with the moving truck hitting a pick-up in front of it. The driver of the pick-up, an 18-year-old Freedom woman, told the responding deputy that she was not traveling the speed limit because of traffic that was turning off the highway in front of her. She pulled off the highway when she heard the crash behind her, only to find out that the bike rack on her truck was also hit. The driver of the Headwater Wholesale truck, a 41-year-old Menasha man, told deputies that he tried braking in time when he noticed the delivery truck in front of it started to brake hard, but he was unable to stop in time. No injuries were reported and no citations were issued. The highway was reopened shortly after 1:15 p.m. to traffic.
