FRIDAY, 02/23/2024, 2:00 p.m.
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – Wisconsin State Patrol Northeast Region Fond du Lac Post has confirmed one person is dead following the hours-long shutdown on I-41 in Appleton.
According to an updated media release, on Friday, February 23, 2024, at around 8:00 a.m., the Wisconsin State Patrol, along with the Appleton Police Department, responded to a commercial motor vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Interstate 41 near Meade Street.
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Witnesses to the crash report the pedestrian exited a vehicle, which was traveling on Interstate 41, and ran into the path of oncoming commercial traffic. The pedestrian was hit and killed as a result of the crash.
The Wisconsin State Patrol’s technical reconstruction team is reconstructing the crash while the investigation is ongoing.
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The names of the involved parties are not being released, while next of kin notifications are being made.
No additional details were provided.
Section of I-41 at 441 interchanges in Appleton reopens after multi-hour-long shut down
FRIDAY, 2/23/24 – 12:55 p.m.
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – The Appleton Police Department has provided an update to the multi-hour-long shutdown of a section of I-41 at the 441 interchanges from earlier on Friday.
The Appleton Police Department posted on Facebook that the section of I-41 in Appleton that was shut down is now back open.
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No other information has been provided.
Original story: Crash temporarily shuts down I-41 south at 441 interchanges in Appleton
FRIDAY, 2/23/24 – 8:49 a.m.
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – A crash has temporarily shut down part of I-41 southbound in Appleton at the 441 interchanges, authorities say.
According to the Appleton Police Department, I-41 southbound at the 441 interchanges until the Richmond Street exit will be temporarily shut down. Officers are saying that all traffic is being diverted to 441.
A release from WisDOT states that the incident happened around 8 a.m. on February 23 and should take over two hours to clear.
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The Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office is also responding to the scene.
Local 5 will update this story when more information becomes available.
