Highway 20 Accident Shuts Down Intersection For 4 Hours: Police

RACINE COUNTY, WI — A two-vehicle accident Saturday in Racine County sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries and shut down a Highway 20 intersection for four hours.

According to the Racine County Sheriff's office, deputies responded to the intersection of Highway 20 and N. Raynor Ave. just after 5 p.m. on a report of a two-vehicle accident with multiple injuries.

When officials arrived, they learned that a sedan driving south on N. Raynor Ave. failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign and was struck on the driver's side by a pickup truck driving west on Highway 20.

Officials said Flight for Life responded and transported one of the drivers to Froedtert Memorial Hospital in Wauwatosa with serious injuries. A passenger in the same vehicle was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital. The driver of the other vehicle reported no significant injuries.

Sheriff's officials are also reporting that they believe neither alcohol nor drugs appeared to be factors in Saturday's accident. The intersection was closed for about four hours due to the crash.

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