Baraboo,WI : Questions remain after crash kills trooper going 122 mph on June, Thursday 15th 2017

Weather and speed were factors in the fatal crash of a Wisconsin state trooper in April, according to the reconstruction done by a Sauk County sheriff's deputy, but it's unknown what caused the vehicle to go out of control.

Sauk County Sgt. James Hodges spent the last two months trying to piece together what caused Trooper Anthony Borostowski's car to crash on April 11. Borostowski died as a result of the crash on Interstate 90/94 just north of Highway 23 in Sauk County.

Video taken from a traffic camera shows Borostowski was passed by a vehicle around 4:30 a.m. that morning while he was parked in the median. It's unknown whether the passing vehicle was speeding. Borostowski is shown in the video turning on his headlights and driving out of sight of the camera, without lights and sirens.

Hodges said the trooper then accelerated his squad to speeds of 122 mph in a matter of seconds, nearly reaching its top speed of 130 mph. Marks on the pavement showed the car skidding across the lane line, going airborne off the highway and crashing backward into a pine tree. Borostowski was killed instantly.

Hodges said in the report that by traveling at those speeds, “he did not leave himself any margin of error should something go wrong."

Hodges also determined the environment to be a factor, according to the summary. The report notes it was dark outside at the time of the crash, and light rain was further limiting visibility. The roadway was also wet, according to the report, which reduced friction on the road.

"Given that it's nighttime, there's a light rainfall, the roadway is wet, you're not going to have good visibility, I would not have been doing 122 mph. There's no other way to say it," Hodges said.



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Questions remain after crash kills trooper going 122 mph