{"id":7151,"date":"2013-03-05T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T20:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/?p=7151"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:09:29","slug":"semi-truck-crashes-into-red-cedar-river-in-wisconsin-driver-killed-passenger-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/7151\/semi-truck-crashes-into-red-cedar-river-in-wisconsin-driver-killed-passenger-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Semi Truck Crashes into Red Cedar River in Wisconsin. Driver Killed, Passenger Missing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MENOMONIE, WI &#8212; A semi truck driver, traveling from Lansing Michigan, was killed when his big rig crashed and plunged into the Red Cedar River in Menomonie, WI.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7157\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7157\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7157\" alt=\"A trucker was killed when his semi truck plunged into the Red Cedar River off the westbound I-94 in Menomonie, WI on March 5, 2013 in snow covered conditions. Photo credit: WEAU-TV\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A trucker was killed when his semi truck plunged into the Red Cedar River off the westbound I-94 in Menomonie, WI on March 5, 2013 in snow covered conditions. Photo credit: WEAU-TV<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/WEAU.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=783785;hostDomain=ww2.WEAU.com;playerWidth=492;playerHeight=277;isShowIcon=true;clipId=8550235;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=fixed'><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.WEAU.com\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Wisconsin State Patrol, the accident occurred at about 4 a.m. Tuesday morning, March 5, when the trucker, heading west on the I-94, lost control on the snow covered roads and crashed into the Red Cedar River.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7161\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash-map.jpg\" alt=\"Map showing location of a semi truck crash in Menomonie, WI on the westbound I-94 on a bridge over the Red Cedar River near the Wisconsin 25 interchange on March 5, 2013.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash-map.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash-map-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-crash-map-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map showing location of a semi truck crash in Menomonie, WI on the westbound I-94 on a bridge over the Red Cedar River near the Wisconsin 25 interchange on March 5, 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7160\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-in-river.jpg\" alt=\"Work crews pull a semi trailer from icy Red Cedar River in Menomonie, WI after an 18 wheeler plunged into the river cab-first, killing the driver. Rescue crews were still searching for a passenger who was in the big rig at the time. Photo credit: WEAU-TV\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-in-river.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-in-river-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/menomonie-wi-i-94-semi-truck-in-river-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work crews pull a semi trailer from icy Red Cedar River in Menomonie, WI after an 18 wheeler plunged into the river cab-first, killing the driver. Rescue crews were still searching for a passenger who was in the big rig at the time. Photo credit: WEAU-TV<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Troopers say the semi truck has been pulled out from the water. The truck driver, a man, was found dead inside. Crews are still looking for a male passenger.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation at this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">Truck Accident Lawyer News<\/a> is a truck accident and personal injury blog that publishes up to date truck accident and truck legal news from across the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MENOMONIE, WI &#8212; A semi truck driver, traveling from Lansing Michigan, was killed when his big rig crashed and plunged into the Red Cedar River in Menomonie, WI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wisconsin-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7151"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7196,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7151\/revisions\/7196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truckaccidentlaw.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}