MARINETTE COUNTY, WI : Man dies after crash with dump truck in Marinette County on Tuesday, 7th November 2023

A 69-year-old man died after a crash Monday just in the Town of Goodman, the Marinette County Sheriff said in a news release Tuesday.

The sheriff said at 5:21 p.m. on Monday, Marinette County Dispatch received a call of a two-vehicle crash on US Highway 8 just east of Tower Road. It was reported that someone was trapped inside one of the vehicles.

According to a statement from the sheriff, a vehicle operated by John Benzow, age 69, of Goodman, was pulling out onto USH 8 to travel west and failed to yield the right of way to a partially loaded dump truck that was traveling east. Benzow was wearing a seatbelt. However, the sheriff said he sustained fatal injuries from the crash and was declared dead by a medical examiner.

The driver of the dump truck, Randy C. Peterson, age 65, of Loretto, MI, was wearing his seatbelt and was uninjured.

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