Wrong way driver kills two and injures another from Oostburg on I-43 in Port Washington
A wrong way driver collided head-on with another vehicle, killing two and injuring another on I-43 in the Town of Port Washington on Monday, May 26, according to the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office.
A 51-year-old female and a 56-year-old male, both from Oostburg, were pronounced deceased on scene. Their 22-year-old female passenger, also from Oostburg, sustained serious injures. The driver of the offending vehicle, a 34-year-old male from Milwaukee, also sustained serious injures.
It is unknown if alcohol or drugs played a factor in the crash, but the investigation is ongoing, per the sheriff's office.
At around 12:35 a.m., the Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office received several 911 calls reporting that a 2025 Lexus was driving southbound in the northbound lanes on Interstate 43 near Jay Road in the Town of Belgium.
At 12:44 a.m., the wrong way vehicle collided with a a 2017 Ford Escape headed northbound on I-43 north of CTH H in the Town of Port Washington.
Two people in the northbound vehicle were killed. Both the 22-year-old female passenger and the wrong way driver were extricated and hospitalized with serious injuries.
The 22-year-old was transported by ambulance to Froedtert, and the wrong-way driver was transported to Aurora Medical Center in Grafton where Flight for Life then transported him to Froedtert Hospital.
He was the sole passenger in his vehicle; he is currently in critical condition.
Northbound traffic on I-43 was closed at County Highway H for approximately 5 hours while the crash was investigated.
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Office was assisted on scene by the Port Washington Fire Department, Cedarburg Fire Department, Ozaukee Central Fire Department, Fredonia Fire Department, Port Washington Police Department, Saukville Police Department, Grafton Police Department, Ozaukee County Highway Department, Ozaukee County Crash Reconstruction Team, Ozaukee County Emergency Management, and Eddie's Service.
Contact Claudia Levens at clevens@gannett.com. Follow her on X at @levensc13.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wrong way driver kills two and injures another on I-43 in Port Washington
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