JANESVILLE — A Darlington man has died after his car and a large piece of farm equipment collided on a bridge over the Rock River bridge west of Janesville.
According to a news release, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office responded about 11:30 a.m. Saturday to a report of a two-vehicle crash on the Highway 14 bridge over the Rock River.
The Janesville Police Department and the Janesville Fire Department responded as well.
Investigators say a vehicle driven by a 58-year-old Darlington man was traveling east across the Rock River bridge.
At the same time, a farm tractor pulling a large planting drill, operated by a 63-year-old Janesville man was traveling west across the bridge.
As the two vehicles were passing in opposite directions the car struck the large farm implement being towed, according to the news release.
The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene, the passenger, a 68-year-old woman, also from Darlington, was transported by Janesville Fire to the Mercy Trauma Center in Janesville with non-life-threatening injuries.
The farm tractor operator did not have to receive medical treatment.
Highway 14 was closed for 6 hours during the investigation and reconstruction by the Rock County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Team as well as Drone Team members.
The name of the deceased will be released by the Rock County Medical Examiner’s Office at a later date.
