By Matthew Clark
May 7, 2021 4:20 AM
MADISON, Wis. One person was killed Friday morning after being hit by a semi-truck while walking on the interstate, according to Wisconsin State Patrol officials.
Authorities said they were first notified of a crash with injuries on I-39/90/94 just north of the interchange with Highway 151 shortly before 4 a.m.
When they responded to the scene, troopers said they found a pedestrian dead. The victim was identified as a 42-year-old Sun Prairie man.
An initial investigation revealed the victim had been walking in the southbound lanes of the interstate for an unknown reason when they were hit by a semi. Officials said the semi truck driver stopped at the scene and is cooperating with law enforcement.
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With suicides and overdoses on the rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi on Wednesday convened the first meeting of a task force aiming to prevent such deaths.
Preliminary 2020 data from the Dane County Medical Examiner show increases in both suicides and overdoses. In 2020, the county reported 75 deaths by suicide, compared to 60 such deaths in 2019. Additionally, the county recorded 127 fatal opiate overdoses in 2020, an increase from 113 in 2019 and 98 in 2018.
Emergency medical services agencies in Dane County responded to a 23% higher volume of suspected opioid overdoses in 2020 compared with 2019, with peak volumes occurring in May 2020, as job losses from the pandemic mounted.
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