2 year old critically injured in Rock County crash
According to the Rock County Sheriff's Office, around 2:13 p.m., the 2-year-old was a passenger in a GMC Terrain driven by a 25-year-old man from Milton, who was traveling east on US 14.
As the GMC began to slow to make a left-hand turn onto S. Henke Road, a Cadillac XT5, driven by a 56-year-old man from Janesville, failed to slow and crashed into the back of the GMC, sending it to spin into the intersection and collide with a Jeep Gladiator that was traveling west.
The 2-year-old was evacuated by helicopter to a local hospital. All the other occupants were taken to hospitals for treatment and released.
The case is still under investigation, police said.
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