Two women dead after failing to yield right of way to semi

Two women from Sheboygan are dead after a car they were in collided with a semi-tractor trailer near Sheboygan Falls Thursday, December 7, 2023.

At about 3:30 yesterday afternoon the Sheboygan County Emergency Dispatch Center received multiple reports of a semi that had flipped at the intersection of State Highway 32 and County Road J, about half way between Sheboygan Falls and Howards Grove. The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office and two Orange Cross Ambulances were dispatched.

Upon arrival, sheriff’s deputies found the car had stopped at the intersection and then continued west, pulling into the path of the southbound semi.

The two occupants of the car, a 67-year-old woman from Sheboygan, and a 37-year-old woman from Sheboygan died at the scene as a result of the crash. The semi was driven by a 26-year-old man from Denmark.

The crash remains under investigation.