Town of Brighton fatal 3-vehicle crash; 1 dead, 2 injured

TOWN OF BRIGHTON, Wis. - One person is dead, and two others were injured in a three-vehicle crash in the Town of Brighton in Kenosha County on Thursday, Jan. 22.

Note: This is a separate accident not related to the other three-vehicle accident that also happened in the Town of Brighton earlier in the day.

Crash details

What we know:

According to the Kansasville Fire and Rescue Department (KFRD), the three-vehicle crash happened just after 4 p.m. on County Highway BD near State Highway 11.

Multiple KFRD and Kenosha County Sheriff's units responded immediately and arrived quickly on scene to find a crash involving three vehicles with extensive damage, airbag deployment, entrapment, and requiring extrication.

One of the people died at the scene, another had to be taken to the hospital via Flight for Life, and a third person was taken to the hospital via ambulance.

All three of those people were drivers.

This is the second three-vehicle crash within about two miles of each other and within about nine hours.