PEWAUKEE, Wis. — A 49-year-old man killed a driver and a construction worker in a crash near Pewaukee Rd. and Capitol Dr. in Pewaukee Wednesday.
According to a news release from the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department, the 49-year-old man was driving westbound on Capitol Dr. when he rear-ended another car, driven by a 76-year-old woman. That driver died from her injuries.
The driver continued down Capitol Dr. and struck two construction workers at the intersection of Pewaukee Rd. One of them, a 46-year-old man, was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead, the news release says. Another construction worker, a 47-year-old man, received non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, the Sheriff's Department says.
The Waukesha County District Attorney's Office says the driver will appear in court Thursday. He was referred on charges of 1st degree recklessly endangering safety and operating without a license, causing death.
Reporter Rebecca Klopf sent us a picture of a green truck that appears to have crashed into the side of the road, being examined by investigators.
Rebecca spoke to a driver involved in the crash who says she saw the green truck "airborne" and then it hit her from behind. That driver says she saw the truck hit two construction workers.
Rebecca spoke to the driver's husband, who happens to also be a road construction worker.
He's been working on a project in Germantown. You can watch his interview with Rebecca in the video player above.
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