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A driver in Walworth County was arrested Friday for operating while intoxicated after a crash involving a county-owned vehicle.
According to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened just before 8 a.m. on Friday on Interstate 43 and Centralia Street. The Walworth Co. Sheriff’s Office Communications Center was notified of the crash involving a county vehicle and another vehicle, but there were no injuries. Upon arrival, deputies found the county pickup truck with warning lights on parked on the overpass of Centralia St. There was another pickup truck pulling a trailer with lawnmowers on it further south of the county pickup.
Walworth Co. Sheriff’s Office says, due to the crash involving county property and employees, the Wisconsin State Patrol was requested to respond to investigate the crash. WSP found that the Walworth County truck was backing up on the shoulder while other employees were conducting weed-spraying operations. The other pickup truck was southbound on I-43 in the right lane. The driver of the other pickup truck failed to change lanes or reduce speed as required by Wisconsin state law. The passenger mirror of the southbound pickup truck struck the driver’s side mirror of the DPW truck. The southbound pickup truck stopped just after the crash and was cooperative with law enforcement.
Wisconsin State Patrol Troopers conducted an Operating While under the Influence (OWI) investigation into the southbound pickup truck driver. This driver was later placed under arrest for OWI. The Wisconsin State Patrol requested that the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office conduct a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Inspection of the pickup truck and trailer. The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office Inspector put the trailer that the southbound pickup truck was pulling out of service for violations existing before the crash.
