On Tuesday around 10:45 pm, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a two vehicle crash with injuries in the construction zone at Highway 80 and St. Rose Road. 18 year old Emma LaRue of Benton was stopped on St. Rose Road waiting for a dump truck to unload material into a paver. The construction crew motioned to LaRue to move her vehicle around the dump truck and continue east bound across Highway 80. Unknown to that work crew, the flagger holding the northbound traffic allowed a group of stopped vehicles to start traveling north. As LaRue’s vehicle entered the roadway, a vehicle driven by 59 year old Julie Mowbray of Cuba City collided with LaRue. Both drivers were evaluated by Southwest EMS. Both vehicles had heavy damage and had to be towed from the scene. The Sheriff’s office was assisted by Southwest EMS, Humphreys Transport and Towing of Shullsburg, SOS Towing of Platteville and the Cuba City Fire Department.
