WISCONSIN

Crash on icy road kills Illinois man in Walworth County

Jesse Garza
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A two-vehicle crash Thursday on an icy road in Walworth County left an Illinois man dead and a Fontana man injured, the sheriff's office said.

Luis Gutierrez-Fernandez, 39, of Harvard, Ill., was killed in the crash, reported shortly before 7 a.m. on Highway 14 just south of the Village of Walworth, the sheriff's office said.

Gutierrez was northbound on Highway 14 when he lost control of his vehicle on the icy pavement and slid into the path of a southbound vehicle driven by the 59-year-old Fontana man, the sheriff's office said.

Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the scene; the Fontana man was taken to a hospital with injuries and both men were the sole occupants of their vehicles, the sheriff's office said.

The crash remained under investigation Thursday.