10-25-17 semi driver involved in hwy 23 crash cited for following too close

A semi-truck driver will be cited for following too close  in connection with a four vehicle crash on Highway 23 and Whispering Springs Boulevard Sunday night that sent nine people to the hospital. Assistant police chief Steve Klein says the 58 year old semi driver. Kenneth Behr, from Plymouth was not injured in the crash.  Klein says the semi struck a pick-up that was attempting to go around an SUV that had slowed to make a left turn into a driveway, causing the pick-up to push the SUV into the oncoming lane of traffic, striking a fourth vehicle.  Two occupants of the SUV making the turn, 35 year old Richard Gil and seven year old Ezekiel Gil,   both of Fond du Lac received serious injuries in the crash.   The pick-up driver and passenger  from DeForest were not seriously injured.   A passenger in the eastbound vehicle, nine year old Alyse Borowski, of Kohler was critically injured.  Klein says she suffered internal injuries and was transported to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee.  Klein says the crash is another reminder of the importance of a Highway 23  expansion project.   That stretch of 23 westbound is down to a single lane of traffic.