A couple from Madison was injured pulling into highway traffic on Tuesday morning, stalling traffic in the Town of Nasewaupee. The accident occurred at about 10:45 a.m. on State Highway 42/57 when an 80-year-old man and his 71-year-old wife were pulling out of the PJ’s of Door County gas station in their black sports-utility vehicle. They were struck by a yellow box truck driven by a 31-year-old Evanston, Ill. man, who said he saw the Madison couple drive into traffic in front of him and could not stop in time. The Madison man, who was cited for failing to yield to traffic from a non-highway access point, told the responding deputy that he looked but did not see the truck coming and did not know what had happened after he was struck. While the driver of the car was unharmed, the couple had to be transported to Door County Medical Center via ambulance for additional treatment. A partial shutdown of northbound STH 42/57 was required so crews could clean up the accident, and the sports-utility vehicle could be towed from the scene.
