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Canton, S.D., man killed in semi-bridge crash in Wisconsin

Posted: Saturday, December 6, 2008 12:00 am

JOHNSON CREEK, Wis. (AP) - The driver killed when his semitrailer slammed into an overpass abutment near Madison, Wis., has been identified as a South Dakota man.

The Wisconsin State Patrol said 38-year-old Jay Freeman Schoenberner of Canton hadn't been wearing a seat belt.

The crash occurred Thursday just before 2:45 p.m. It caused structural damage to the bridge overpass and left traffic snarled for nearly nine hours.

The bridge has been closed indefinitely.