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Victims Identified in Wadsworth Head-On Crash With Semi on Route 173

Officials released the names as investigators review witness accounts that the Acura crossed into oncoming traffic.

Overview

  • The Lake County Coroner identified the deceased as 51-year-old Kelly Wooten and 45-year-old Jacklyn Bradley, both from Stoughton, Wisconsin.
  • Deputies say the crash occurred around 7:50 a.m. Thursday on Route 173 west of North Kilbourne Road in Wadsworth.
  • Investigators were told the eastbound 2009 Acura drifted out of its lane into the path of a westbound Freightliner semi before a third vehicle was struck.
  • The 54-year-old driver of the third vehicle, a Honda minivan from Salem, Wisconsin, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
  • Preliminary autopsies found both victims died of blunt-force injuries, and the sheriff’s technical crash team is leading the ongoing investigation.