Justitie · Highway 53 crashMinong fatal crash: Two drivers killed on Highway 53, wrong-way cause unresolvedGeschreven 6 november 2026 om 00:44 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07Two drivers died in a collision on the same side of Highway53.0:11The men were from Minong and Hibbing.0:13State troopers say preliminary evidence indicates one vehicle was heading against0:18traffic in the northbound lanes.0:20Investigators still have to explain how that vehicle came to be traveling the wrong0:25way.0:25The vehicles collided at Mile Post191, north of Minong, in Douglas County's town of0:31Wascott.0:32The crash happened shortly before six in the evening on Wednesday, November fourth,0:38twenty twenty-six.0:39Both drivers sustained fatal injuries.0:42Each was alone in his vehicle, so the collision killed everyone traveling in the two0:46vehicles.0:47James Paskey was eighty and lived in Minong.0:50Nicholas Grosbach was forty-seven and lived in Hibbing, Minnesota.0:55Their names became public November fifth, the day after the collision.0:59One vehicle was traveling south in the northbound lanes.1:02Wisconsin State Patrol says its preliminary findings indicate.1:06It collided with a vehicle traveling north.1:09That puts the vehicles moving toward each other within the northbound side of the1:12highway.1:13Deputies from Washburn and Douglas counties responded, along with Gordon Emergency1:19Medical Services, Wascott Fire and EMS, and Minong Fire, Wisconsin1:25State Patrol is investigating the collision.1:27Troopers haven't publicly identified which man was driving south in the northbound1:31lanes.1:32They also haven't explained how that vehicle got there.1:35The direction of travel finding is preliminary, and investigators haven't announced1:40a final cause.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
