Crashes Tangles Traffic in Portage Co.

Multiple crashes reported in Portage County 

(Photo courtesy of WAOW-TV)
Multiple crashes reported in Portage County (Photo courtesy of WAOW-TV)

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Five separate crashes snarled up traffic on I-39 in Portage County Friday night.

The Stevens Point Fire Department responded to a crash in the northbound lane of highway HH when four other accidents happened in the southbound lanes. The first crash had four cars involved, including a car that had rolled over. Four were taken to the hospital with one in serious condition.

The other four crashes involved 8 other cars with two people being transported to the hospital.

All lanes are now open on I-39 after cleanup for the crashes took over an hour.

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