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Falling asleep at wheel causes crash
80-81 crash

Two vehicles received heavy damage in a crash on Wisconsin 80/81 south of Platteville Friday afternoon. Kyle Schinkowsky, 25, Genoa City, was waiting to pull out of the driveway at 100 Highway 80/81 when his car was hit a truck driven by Trevor D. Moon, 25, Platteville, around 2:10 p.m. Platteville police said Moon fell asleep while driving, and his truck, going north, hit a guardrail and then the car. Neither Schinkowsky nor his passenger, Erik W. Holzhuter, 25, Dubuque, were injured. Platteville Fire and EMS and the Grant County Sheriff’s Department assisted at the scene.