Thiensville crash, driver killed identified as Grafton man: police

The Brief

  • Thiensville police have identified the driver killed in a single-car crash.
  • The crash happened at Main and Freistadt on Wednesday afternoon.
  • The car left the roadway and crashed into a building.

THIENSVILLE, Wis. Thiensville police have identified the driver killed in a single-car crash that happened on Wednesday, April 1.

The crash happened just after 2 p.m. Investigators determined a car was headed north on Main Street at a “high rate of speed” when it left the roadway and crashed into a building at the northeast corner of the intersection with Freistadt Road.

The driver, who died at the scene, was the only person in the car. On Friday, police identified him as 48-year-old John Abbott of Grafton. Autopsy results are still pending.

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