My prayers will be with both of these families. I can only imagine how traumatic it would be to be either one.

Hannah- It really depends how tall your child is, and, how much he or she weighs. My daughter is 10 years old, but, is 3 inches and 25 pounds bigger than I am. She is the "average" height for an adult plus a bit. So, theoretically, she is safer in the front seat at 10 than I am at 5'4". But, yes, for most children you are definitely correct. It is unbelievable to me to see how many parents have TODDLER seats in the front! It makes me crazy... And, yes, I have approached parents and just offered them a "friendly reminder" about the placement of the seat. Many of the families truly don't know. Unfortunately, SOME of them just don't care.

Maybe its time they put a overpass in there with exits?? Like they did in Madison at Hwy.51 and Milwaukee Street.

My prayers go out to all those involved in this terrible accident. And, even though I have no connection to the accident scene or those involved, I would like to thank all of the people who helped at the crash scene. I was injured in an accident on Interstate-90 last January and will always be extremely grateful for the bystanders who came to my aid.

markdreven - thank you from the bottom of my heart and my families for helping my brother in-law and my two nephews today at this terrible accident. We cannot thank you enough for you kindness. this was an accident and our prayers are not only with our family tonight, but with the others as well. my brother-in-law and my 14 month nephew are home and resting okay tonight. my 4 year old nephew was med-flighted to madison. he is okay and is with mom there. he will probably be there for a few days but all should be fine. i, myself, just returned home from madison. please keep my family and theirs in your prayers.

I also was on the scene of this accident just when emergency crews arrived, It was the worse sight I have ever seen in my life.. For anybody to have made it out of this wreck alive was an act of god. My prayers go out to the family's involved in the wreck, and to all those by standers that seen such a horible sight..

It is highway 11 bypass on south 51

It is a shame that driving cannot be a relaxing experience anymore. I am one of those who does not trust anyones driving and drive on the defense. It is very sad when accidents like this happen and could have probably been avoided. But, that is why they are called accidents. My condolences to all the families involved.

nemesis! that is the business 11 or 5 points a different area this is located on the south end of town near Kwik trip the new/old bypass Hwy 11 and 51 hope this helps.

bellagio!! thank you for the update please send our prayers to them and by the way they where very brave boys in all of this!!! my daughter would like to say hello to jackson and yes he was with someone safe. again hope all is well your friends mark and dani! please update us if you can at any time.

Isn't the intersection of 51 and 11 also known as the intersection of Centerway and Racine streets?

Mark, thank you very much for helping Mark and his son's. Last I heard, they are still in intensive care. May God be with them and their family.

Here is the sheriff's report on what they say happened:
http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/3523...

to let you all know. the accident happen so fast that i dont belive anyone had time to react. yes i and my daughter where their. she and i helped to get the father and the two young boys out of the truck. all the father could say was how are my boys and whom did i hit, who did i hit repeatit over and over. before you point fingers at someone remember people where hurt and one lost a life. life is special and yes many lives will be hurt by this. I am just glad that the ones still here are well and doing fine. please before you judge someone put yourself in their place. if any one can put some info in about the father and the two boys it would be nice to hear that they are ok!!!!! remember the holidays and what it means to you! :) happy holidays too all!

just to set the record straight the speed limit is posted 45 on hwy 51 in this area. But on 11 it is 55 it is not posted any slower. But either way everyone is in a hurry and most people do 65 or more on hwy 11. maybe if the state put more than one speed limit sign on hwy 11 people would slow down a little but i dought it.

it's 45 miles an hour coming outta town till after corner by airport same there reduces speed too 45 nothbound traffic.someone needs too check the signs,if you think it's 55 mph you'll be the next fatality

45 miles an hour is the posted speed limit,entering a controlled intersection,you should always expect the lights are going too change.As the traffic radar eye controls flow,speeding or beating the light always not a good choice

I've had it up to my eyeballs with people in Janesville running red lights. What the heck is their problem, other than being in a big hurry.

this was a horrific crash i was there helping clean this mess up my thoughts and prayers go out to all involved. and cheesechic just so you know that is 55 mph not 45 through the intersection it should be lowered

gabby06, the speed limit is 45 mph through the intersection. Maybe if people paid more attention & obeyed the laws themselves, instead of applying it only to others, there would be fewer accidents.

The same holds true for hwy 11 and county G formally prairie ave. If Prairie turns green look both directions for traffic moving at 60 mph who see the light turn but continue on because they are traveling so fast. I believe that intersection has just as many crashes as 51 and 11. People who travel hwy 11 are traveling on a 4 lane hwy and are not aware there is stop lights and are not paying attention.

I've personally tapped the brakes because of red-light runners at this intersection. It's fine 99% of the time, but it's that 1% that gets you, even in broad daylight.

This intersection is horrible. The speed limit should be reduced to at least 45 mph before getting to this intersection. I've had a couple near misses, when my light just turned green and someone coming west on Hwy 11 can't slow down for the red light. Always look before going though ANY intersection. Just be on alert. A lot of times things can't be avoided, that is why it is an accident. But sometimes they could have been avoided. Just be on alert at all times.

This is sad. I never even heard the sirens and I only live a couple blocks from there. I hope all the other injured people are okay. My thoughts are with all the families.

The second fatality in a few years at this intersection.