3-vehicle accident on I-41/94 in Kenosha County, no injuries reported
3-vehicle accident on I-41/94 in Kenosha County
An accident on I-41/94 in Kenosha County on Sunday morning, April 27, 2025, caused some traffic backups.
KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. - Smoke and flames were on the freeway following a crash involving three vehicles, including a semi, that shut down the interstate in Kenosha County on Sunday morning, April 27, 2025.
And in the middle of the chaos, a family was caught in the middle.
What we know:
It’s just before 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning.
I-94 accident in Kenosha County viewer video
A FOX6 viewer sent in video of Sunday's crash on I-41/94 in Kenosha County, showing a fire under the semi truck. FOX6 later learned this accident involved three vehicles: a semi-truck and two other vehicles.
Drivers couldn’t believe the smoke they were seeing on I-41/94 in Kenosha County.
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"Just about to hit the highway 165 off-ramp, and we saw this huge plume of black smoke going up," said Kristin Borzynski.
Borzynski talked with FOX6 over the phone.
She was headed to Illinois for her son’s basketball tournament when they rolled up to the crash scene on County C in Pleasant Prairie.
"All we could see ahead was a tractor trailer on fire and a very smashed-up car," she added.
Wisconsin State Patrol told FOX6 the crash involved two cars and a semi.
But state patrol did not immediately share how they all collided, leading to the fiery crash.
Dig deeper:
The crash led to a freeway shutdown.
Borzynski and dozens of others were stuck during the closure.
Some people got out of their cars and walked around before deputies diverted traffic.
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"You could see debris all over the road. You could see a fire on the left-hand side," she said.
State patrol said no one died in the crash.
Borzynski and her family made it to the tournament, with gratitude things weren’t far worse.
"Had that not been at 6:30 on a Sunday morning, that would have been really tragic," she said.
The interstate reopened around 8:15 a.m.
The Source: 511 provided some information on the accident. WisDOT cameras showed the accident and backups. Wisconsin State Patrol later gave FOX6 some preliminary information, and FOX6 also spoke to a woman who got caught in the traffic near the accident.