One dead following milk truck crash near Argyle

One person is dead following a crash involving a milk truck. A crash scene investigation revealed that Thursday morning around 5:30 AM, 32-year-old Jaykub Anderson of Mineral Point was operating a milk truck westbound on Highway 81 when the truck left the road. The truck continued through the ditch for a short distance before traveling off the edge of an abandoned quarry. The truck dropped to the quarry floor where the milk tank, loaded at least partially with milk sheered off of the truck frame as it overturned. Lafayette County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting the accident just before noon on Thursday.  Anderson was declared dead at the scene by the Lafayette County Coroner’s Office. Highway 81 was reduced to single lane traffic for several hours during the investigation and the removal of the truck from the scene. The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Argyle Fire and EMS, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin State Patrol and Lafayette County Highway Department.