A Mineral Point man died after the milk truck he was driving crashed in the town of Argyle on Thursday, April 30.
Jakub E. Anderson, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafayette County Coroner’s Office. Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center received a 911 call reporting a vehicle crash involving a milk truck in the 5000 block of STH 81 around 11:56 a.m. The investigation revealed that at approximately 5:30 a.m. the 2012 Peterbilt Quad Axle Milk Truck driven by Anderson was traveling westbound on STH 81 when the truck left the roadway on the north side of the road. The truck continued through the ditch for a short distance before traveling off the edge of an abandoned quarry. The truck dropped to the quarry floor where the milk tank, loaded at least partially with milk sheered off of the truck frame as it overturned. Anderson was the lone occupant of the truck. Anderson’s milk truck sustained very extreme damage and was towed from the scene.
STH 81 was reduced to single lane traffic for several hours during the investigation and the removal of the truck from the scene.
The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Argyle Fire and EMS, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin State Patrol and Lafayette County Highway Department.