I-90 truck stop. Incident at Kwik Trip Store 2048. At 341 Jefferson Street East at West Salem.
West Salem police launch dragnet for assailant
WEST SALEM, Wis. – A long-distance trucker was knifed at an Interstate 90 Kwik Trop truck stop east of LaCrosse at West Salem. Police said the trucker took substantial but non-life-threatening cuts to his neck and chest. He was taken to a hospital emergency room and later released. Police said the assailant, also a long-distance driver, fled in a red and white semi. Police agencies across Wisconsin and Minnesota were asked to look for the truck. The attack was about 7 p.m. at a Kwik Trip fueling station. Police were stymied to explain the attack. As police understand it, neither driver knew each other.