Nine people are dead after a van was struck by a tractor-trailer at an intersection on a Wisconsin state highway Friday, officials said. Only one person, someone in the van, survived the crash, which was reported at 7:53 a.m. in Dewhurst Township, around 45 miles southeast of Eau Claire, the Clark County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The crash occurred when an eastbound tractor-trailer on Highway 95 hit a van going northbound on intersecting County Road J, the sheriff's office said. The surviving passenger of the van was taken to a hospital for treatment, the sheriff's office said in the statement. (WEAU)The names of the dead were not released Wednesday night pending notification of next of kin, the sheriff's office said.

Source: ABC News March 09, 2024 18:27 UTC