Another dose of wintry weather is partly to blame for a 65-year-old Sturgeon Bay man and his passenger sliding off the road near the Town of Gibraltar Sunday night. Deputies responded to State Highway 42 near Gibraltar Bluff Road at approximately 5:40 p.m. after the man struck a guardrail while traveling northbound and lost control. The collision sent the man’s vehicle spinning across the highway into a rock wall. As a result of the crash, the vehicle suffered significant damage, and the man hurt his arm. He was not transported to Door County Medical Center for further treatment, nor did he accept EMS. His passenger, a 65-year-old Sturgeon Bay woman, was not hurt in the crash. It took over an hour to reopen the roadway following the crash. Poor road conditions due to the ice and snow were to blame for the accident, and no citations were issued. Despite the wintry weather that triggered an advisory between 3 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday, the Door County Sheriff’s Dispatch Center took only one other call for a car in the ditch and another for road conditions related to the warning.
