Semi driver reported texting and swerving on highway

Heard on: Sauk County WI Regional Law Dispatch

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Rock hard 1065 1603 south on 1603 south for a all white

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freightliner semi says barred on the side of the truck with trailer number (number withheld) .

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Caller states that the driver is texting while driving and unable to maintain lane 1603 south.

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(name withheld),

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100 and thirty-two north, 100 and thirty-two north for an oversized load.

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One forty-one, you can send it.

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Ten four, one four.

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Three four, you can have me also.

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Ten four, one four.

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One forty-one.

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One forty-one.

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Do we know and confirm that's pulled over? Still on the move.

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One forty-one, still moving past the one thirty-one northbound.

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One thirty-one north.

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One for one.

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One for one.

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One for one is looking like the oversized load is pulling over, just entering the curve on the right shoulder.

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Copy, I'm at the 127 cross Aurora, head south.

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Careful.

2026-11-13 20:41 UTC

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Wisconsin St, Merrimac, WI 53561

Semi driver reported texting and swerving on highway

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of an all-white Freightliner semi truck traveling southbound on Highway 160/3 South, with the driver reportedly texting and drifting in the lane. Troopers coordinated to follow the truck as it continued northbound past Highway 131 and appeared to pull onto the right shoulder near a curve. A separate oversized load was also reported moving along the highway.

Semi driver reported texting and swerving on highway

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