Leader Staff
Shawano County authorities say the driver of a pickup truck that rear-ended a dump truck in Maple Grove on Wednesday, sending the driver and his passenger to a Green Bay hospital, was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
Deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 156 near the intersection with Laney Road about 7:50 a.m.
The initial investigation indicates that a 1997 Dodge Ram, operated by Bryan Anderson, 36, of Prentice, had been eastbound on Highway 156 when it rear-ended a 1999 Kenworth dump truck travelling in the same direction.
Both Anderson and his passenger, a 51-year-old Pulaski man, were transported to a Green Bay hospital for treatment, the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
While the accident remains under investigation, Anderson has been issued citations for fifth-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and fifth offense operating after revocation.
Upon completion of the investigation additional allegations may be forwarded to the Shawano County District Attorney’s Office for review, the sheriff’s department said.
The operator of the dump unit was reportedly uninjured in the crash.
No additional information was being released Wednesday.