No one seriously hurt in Hwy. 41 pileup

OSHKOSH - Slick roads and crashes slowed down travel for much of the day. That includes in Winnebago County.
    
A crash, involving two dozen vehicles, closed down the northbound lanes on the bridge over Lake Butte des Morts.
    
The snow stopped falling early in the day. But wind and a layer of ice underneath made for tricky travel.

And that appeared to have been the case over Lake Butte Morts.
    
We have a first hand account of that crash because one of FOX 11's own was in the middle of it.

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Thankfully, neither he, nor anyone else, was seriously hurt.

"I looked behind me and I saw the semi behind me isn't stopping. I can see him he's sliding, he's sliding he's just slipping,” said FOX 11 photojournalist Mike Moon. "It jostled me a little. It shook me up."

As Mike drove north on 41 across the Butte des Morts bridge Tuesday afternoon a dangerous scene unfolded.

"I see what looks like a small accident in front of me, traffic's slowing down, so I slow down and move into the left lane,” said Moon.

That's when the semis behind Mike crashed, one sliding into Mike and causing a domino effect.

"I just braced myself and hoped I didn't get hurt,” said Moon.

Luckily Mike says he was not seriously hurt.

And once he made sure he was safe, like a good photojournalist he shot video of the crash.

Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz says 24 vehicles were involved in all. He says the icy white out conditions on the bridge likely took drivers by surprise.

“Kind of took us off guard. The weather reports we were seeing were different than what actually happened,” said Sheriff John Matz.

Now the sheriff's department has to combine 24 stories to find out exactly what happened.

“We'll piece together what occurred in this chain reaction crash,” said Matz.

Mike says he is counting his lucky stars.

"It's not every day you look and see a semi coming at you. So it was scary, but I'm thankful I wasn't too badly hurt,” said Moon.

And so are we.