Four teens dead after tractor-trailer crash near Columbus

The four men were in a 2000 Ford F150 traveling north on Highway TT when it failed to stop at a stop sign on Highway 16/60 around 4 a.m. Dodge County Sheriff’s Lt. Brian Loos said in a statement. Their vehicle was struck by a 2017 Western Star tractor-trailer, without a trailer, that was traveling east on Highway 16/60.

Three of the five occupants of the Ford F150 died at the scene: the driver, a 19-year-old man from Sun Prairie; and two passengers: a 17-year-old Sun Prairie boy and a 16-year-old Madison boy. Two 18-year-old women were also in the vehicle. One of the women later died at UW Hospital in Madison. The other woman was at UW Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

The tractor-trailer was driven by a 57-year-old La Farge man, who was transported to Prairie Ridge Hospital in Columbus with minor injuries.

The crash remains under investigation by the Sheriff's Office Accident Investigation Team.

Beaver Dam Paramedics, Columbus Fire Department, Life Star EMS and Dodge County Emergency Response Team, Medical Examiner's Office and Sheriff's Office chaplains assisted at the scene.