Saw the first one on our local news last night, and found the other on a Town Square thread this morning. As if we don't have enough to worry about! Email This Story Print This Story VTS Mayflies Cause WI Car Accidents Jul 18, 2004 9:13 am US/Central Hager City, Wis. (AP) A massive number of mayflies on a southwestern Wisconsin highway caused a motorcyclist to lose control, which led to four more car accidents. No one was seriously hurt. Matthew Stegmein was traveling on Highway 63 in Pierce County near Red Wing, Minn., when he lost control of his motorcycle Friday night, the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said. The mayflies, which have long bodies and large wings, made the road slippery. Stegmein was not injured and moved his motorcycle to the highway's shoulder. Cynthia Hanson of Hager City was northbound and stopped to help. Authorities say her SUV was rear-ended by a northbound truck, which started a chain reaction of three more northbound vehicles. Hanson was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. County highway department workers used snowplows to clear the insects from the road. Traffic was stopped for two hours. TOWN OF WAUKESHA, Wisconsin - A prankster tightly wound plastic wrap around traffic poles across a two-lane road, causing a motorcycle accident that injured two people. Daniel Buckel, and his girlfriend, Theresa Brzykcy, were riding south of Waukesha on Tuesday when their motorcycle crashed into the plastic wrap set up about 3 to 4 feet above the road — wound thickly from traffic poles on opposite sides. Buckel, 22, was within 10 feet when he saw the makeshift barricade, and hit the brakes. "It's appalling, and it's really frightening," Brzykcy, 19, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "What was their intention? This should make people more aware that pranks like that are not as harmless as they seem." Buckel was cut above his eye and broke his finger. Brzykcy also suffered scrapes and bruises. Buckel is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. Last year several parked cars were found bound in plastic wrap to prevent drivers from getting inside, Detective Steve Pederson said.
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