MADISON, Wis. — The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the man killed over the weekend in a crash on the interstate as a man from Elkhorn.
Authorities said 59-year-old Paul Nielsen was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash after a semi-driver rear-ended Nielsen’s car while both were traveling northbound on I-39/90 shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday. Immediately after the vehicles collided, the semi-truck veered left and crashed into the median before rolling over.
The medical examiner said Nielsen died from injuries he suffered in the crash.
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Wisconsin State Patrol officials said the driver of the semi was able to get out of the overturned vehicle on his own; he was later taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Officials with the medical examiner’s office said additional testing is still underway. Nielsen’s death is still under investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol and Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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