Two Dead in I-41 Crash in Oconto County

Two people are dead following a double crash on 41 in southern Oconto County yesterday.

Officials say just after 10 AM, a north bound pick-up truck was involved in a single vehicle crash just north of the Brown County line. That vehicle came to rest in the median against the median barrier. A passerby stopped to assist and while he and officers tended to the driver, a van struck the passerby’s vehicle. The driver of the pick-up in the original crash was pronounced deceased as well as the driver of the van in the secondary crash. A passenger in the van was medflighted to an area trauma center for their injuries. The northbound lanes of 41 were closed for four hours while crews worked the scene of both crashes.