Motorcycle Crash

                                                             

News Release

 

  On 05/15/15 at 5:08pm the Sauk County Communications received a call regarding a single motorcycle crash on CTH K at the intersection of Bass Road in the Town of Winfield.  Sauk County deputresponded and found that Rob S. Nordeng, age 45 from Beloit,was travelling north on CTH K as part of a group and failed to negotiate the curve south of Giles Road, causing him to continue onto the west shoulder of CTH K and across Bass Road.  The motorcycle then flipped over and the operator was thrown.  Nordeng was transported by Reedsburg Area Ambulance to Reedsburg Area Medical Center for treatment of a serious head injury.  Nordeng was not wearing a helmet.  He was later transferred to UW-Hospital via MedFlight.  Speed may have been a factor in the crash.  Alcohol was not a factor.

 

  This crash remains under investigation by the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office.  The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Reedsburg Area Ambulance and the Reedsburg Police Department.

 

 

Chip Meister, Sheriff