Child injured in crash on I-794 southbound as authorities close highway

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A child was critically injured in a vehicle crash on Interstate 794 in Cudahy, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office said in a post on X Friday that the child was en route to a hospital and is in critical but stable condition.

The incident, which happened at the end of the Pennsylvania Avenue off-ramp, closed I-794 southbound at the request of the Cudahy Fire Department, the sheriff’s office said.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said the incident took place at about 4:14 p.m. and was cleared by 5:04 p.m.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Child injured in crash on I-794 southbound as authorities close highway

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