A two-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon on Highway 57, near Cloverleaf Road, in the Town of Nasewaupee, left one person dead and another seriously injured. The Door County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that one person was pronounced dead at the scene and another was airlifted to a Green Bay hospital by the Eagle III helicopter. Sheriff’s department personnel were paged out at 2:46PM and were joined by units of the Brussels-Union-Gardner Fire Department and Door County Emergency Services. Highway 57 was closed for several hours and a detour set up. The Wisconsin State Patrol’s crash reconstruction team is assisting the sheriff’s office in its investigation. Speed and alcohol are not believed to have been factors in the fatal collision. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
