Moline Couple Killed in Crash With Semi

Randy Rozek • August 14, 2016

A Moline couple was killed the morning of August 5 in a Wisconsin traffic accident involving a semi.

Dispatch-Argus qconline reports that according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, Dr. John Hansen, 69, and his wife, Francine, 66, were in a two-vehicle crash shortly before 9 a.m. near Lancaster, Wis., about 20 miles northwest of Platteville.

John Hansen and his wife, Francine, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Grant County Sheriff.

“According to the sheriff’s office, the Hansons’ SUV was struck by a semi driven by Eugeniu Caraus, 27, of Lombard, who failed to stop at the intersection of Highway A and Highway 129,” the article reads. “Dr. Hansen operated Hansen Family Dentistry LLC in Moline and was president of the Rock Island District Dental Society. After 41 years, he retired in 2012. Mrs. Hansen taught at Denkmann Elementary School in Rock Island before her children were born and continued to volunteer at school through the PTA.”

According to various news reports, no charges had been filed against Caraus as of Monday morning, August 8; and the crash remains under investigation.

Rafferty Funeral Home in Moline is handling services for Dr. and Mrs. Hansen.

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