Interstate Crash

***SPECIAL NEWS RELEASE***

 

April 11, 2017

 

On April 11, 2017 at approximately 4:30am the Sauk County Communications Center received a report of a single vehicle crash on Interstate 90/94 near the eastbound mile marker 89.  Dells-Delton Ambulance and the Delton Fire Department were sent to the scene.  Law Enforcement from Wisconsin State Patrol, Sauk County Sheriff’s Office, Lake Delton Police Department, and Wisconsin Dells Police Department also responded.

Emergency responders arrived on scene and discovered the crash involved an on-duty Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper.  Wisconsin State Patrol has requested the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office conduct the crash investigation.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper was travelling eastbound on I90/94 at mile marker 89.8 when he lost control of his patrol car.  The car entered the south ditch where it struck a tree.  The Trooper was pronounced deceased at the scene by Sauk County Coroner Greg Hahn.

The identity of the Trooper is not being released at this time pending notification of his family.  No other information regarding the crash is available at this time as it is still under investigation by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.

 

Sheriff Chip Meister