UPDATE:
The streets temporarily closed due to the crash on September 11, 2023, around Noon in the area of 9th Street and S. Norwood Avenue have reopened for travel as of approximately 4:15PM.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
The Green Bay Police Department is investigating a crash with serious injuries that has damaged three vehicles, a utility pole, and a front yard near 9th Street and S. Norwood Avenue.
Officers were dispatched to the scene on Monday, September 11, 2023, around Noon for the incident. Witnesses have told police that a silver car travelling at a high rate of speed on 9th Street had struck a SUV sending it into a residential lawn, before the car hit a utility pole, and caused debris to damage a third vehicle. The driver of the car, a 44-year-old Green Bay man, was the only person transported for treatment of reported injuries.
Detours around the scene include E. Mason Street and Lombardi Avenue until approximately 4PM, while WPS works to fix the damaged utility pole.
The temporarily closed streets are 9th Street between S. Ashland Avenue and 12th Avenue along with an alley between S. Norwood Avenue and S. Greenwood Avenue.
The investigation is ongoing. No additional details will be released at this time.
Anyone with information related to this case is encouraged to call Green Bay Police at (920) 448-3200 and reference case #23-250472. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (920) 432-STOP (7867). You may also submit a tip online at www.432stop.com, or utilize the "P3 Tips" app.
