Authorities looking for driver who hit utility pole near Platteville
Western Wisconsin News-- Authorities in southwest Wisconsin were looking today for a driver who slammed into a utility pole, and then drove away in his burning vehicle before he took off on foot.
PLATTEVILLE - Authorities in southwest Wisconsin were looking today for a driver who slammed into a utility pole, and then drove away in his burning vehicle before he took off on foot.
It happened around 11:40 last night southwest of Platteville on a town road close to Highway 151.
Another driver told Grant County sheriff’s deputies that the vehicle was coming right toward him – and as he hit the brakes, the other vehicle swerved and missed him. The witness then saw in his rear view mirror that the other driver hit the power pole – and he called 911. While he was doing that, the smoking vehicle drove past him with tires missing. Finally, the vehicle stopped – and sheriff’s deputies found it engulfed in flames with their driver nowhere to be found.
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