• While no one was injured in Saturday's Semi vs Semi accident at the intersection of US highway 12 and 37, many have questioned why emergency response to the accident was so slow.
• The accident occurred around 12:30 and the first 911 call was made shortly there after, however, both semi's were forced to sit on the highways waiting for almost an hour before emergency responders were on the scene.
• According to John McQuillen, Director of Communications, the Brown County Communications Center was kept busy with calls that day and so was law enforcement.
• "Normally once a call comes in (to dispatch) it is sent out to the proper agency within seconds," McQuillen said. "And this was done on Saturday, however there was no one available to respond. As soon as an officer was free, he responded. It was just nuts around here on Saturday."
• Groton's police policy is to have one officer on duty and one on call at all times. However, communication, or lack thereof, resulted in one officer out of town and the other unaware of the situation.
• One witness placed a call to Groton's Chief of Police, Stacey Mayou, at 1:06 pm and was told that Mayou was "tied up at the Brown County Jail and would respond as soon as he could."
• Both vehicles were disabled following the accident and had to remain sitting on the highways until emergency workers could arrive. This caused other problems as visibility on the busy corner was reduced and people would drive by looking at the

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