SPRING PRAIRIE, Wis. (WFRV) – A 73-year-old man was pronounced dead and two others were hospitalized after a collision with an SUV at a southern Wisconsin intersection on Saturday morning.
Deputies with the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office began to get multiple 911 calls around 9:25 a.m. on Saturday, July 5, reporting a two-vehicle crash at Highway 11 and CTH JS in the Town of Spring Prairie.
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Dispatch was made aware that the crash involved a motorcycle and that two victims were lying in the road, unresponsive.
Crews arrived to find a heavily damaged three-wheeled motorcycle and an SUV lying on its passenger side in the intersection.
First aid was immediately provided to all three victims; however, the motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as 73-year-old Burlington resident, Mark Weis.
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The two other victims were taken to local hospitals for ‘significant injuries.’ Deputies noted that neither of the people on the motorcycle was wearing a helmet.
This crash is under investigation by the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office Crash Investigation Unit. Based on an initial investigation, the SUV turned in front of the motorcycle at the intersection of State Highway 11 and CTH JS.
No additional information was provided.
