An 80-year-old Luxemburg woman running a red light Sunday evening led to her and two other people being sent to the hospital following a three-vehicle crash in Sturgeon Bay. Just after 6:30 p.m., deputies arrived at the intersection of State Highway 42/57 and Duluth Avenue, where three heavily damaged vehicles sat in the roadway. According to the accident report, a witness saw the sport-utility vehicle run the red light while traveling south on STH 42/57, striking another sport-utility vehicle driven by a 69-year-old Sturgeon Bay man and his 73-year-old passenger. The impact of the first crash sent the Luxemburg woman’s vehicle into a passenger van traveling north on the highway. The driver of the third vehicle, a 56-year-old Green Bay woman, was unharmed. As a result of the crash, the Sturgeon Bay man had to be extricated from his vehicle before he was transported to a Green Bay hospital for treatment for his suspected severe injuries. The Luxemburg woman and the Sturgeon Bay woman were transported to Door County Medical Center for their suspected serious injuries while all three vehicles had to be towed from the intersection due to the damage sustained in the accident. The accident closed a small portion for about an hour to clean up after the accident, eventually reopening before 7:30 p.m. The Luxemburg woman was cited for failing to obey traffic signals.
