Posted on September 1st, 2010
A Wisconsin Rapids man was injured in a motorcycle accident in Rome, Monday.
According to officials with the Rome Police Department, 49 year-old Jonathan A. Anderson was injured in a crash on Highway O, about two miles east of Highway 13 in Rome. Police say Anderson was found lying in a ditch on the side of the roadway, with his motorcycle nearby, shortly before 6:30 p.m. Monday evening.
Anderson was transported by helicopter to Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield after the crash. Emergency responders described his injuries as serious but “non-life-threatening.”
The crash remains under investigation by the Rome Police Department.
The Rome Fire Department and Nekoosa Ambulance assisted at the scene of the crash.
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Posted on August 25th, 2010
A man from Janesville was injured in a Wisconsin motorcycle accident Tuesday evening.
According to officials with the Janesville Police Department, 38 year-old Richard L. Vance was traveling south on Garfield Avenue, in Janesville, shortly after 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when the crash occurred. Police say Vance lost control of his motorcycle for unknown reasons and crashed into the back of a vehicle that was stopped at the intersection of East Court and South Garfield Avenues. The impact of the crash ejected Vance from the motorcycle.
Vance was transported by Janesville Fire Department ambulance to Mercy Hospital following the crash. A hospital spokesperson described his injuries as “non-life-threatening.”
Police could not identify Vance until Wednesday morning, as he did not have an I.D. when the accident happened and his motorcycle lacked a license plate.
Vance was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
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Posted on August 17th, 2010
A man from Beaver Dam was killed in a Wisconsin motorcycle accident Monday afternoon.
According to officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, 57 year-old Craig R. Conway was operating a westbound motorcycle on Highway 16 shortly after 1:00 p.m. Monday when a tractor-trailer driven by 39 year-old Michael Pearce, of Mayesville, South Carolina, attempted a U-turn and moved into the path of his motorcycle.
Conway was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. Pearce was transported to Watertown Hospital by Ixonia EMS with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash is being reconstructed by the Sheriff’s Department Major Accident Investigation Team.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim’s family and friends.
Posted on August 12th, 2010
A man from Wisconsin was killed in a motorcycle accident in South Dakota Saturday.
According to officials with the South Dakota Highway Patrol, 57 year-old Robert Lewis Jr., of Manawa, Wisconsin was killed Saturday in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 90 just east of Salem. Police say Lewis’ motorcycle began to wobble after its rear tire went flat. Lewis and his passenger, 60 year-old Judith Lewis, also of Manawa, Wisconsin, were thrown from the vehicle.
Robert Lewis was transported to a Sioux Falls hospital following the crash, where he was later pronounced dead. Judith Lewis sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash.
Authorities say their motorcycle was hauling a two-wheeled camper at the time.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims’ family and friends.
Posted on August 3rd, 2010
A man in Wisconsin was injured Monday night in a motorcycle accident.
According to officials with the Barron County Sheriff’s Department, a 56 year-old man was injured in Almena at the intersection of 14th Avenue and 4th Street, about 30 miles east of the Minnesota border. Police say Roger Dutily, of Cumberland, Wisconsin, was attempting to navigate a turn onto 14th Street when he lost control of his motorcycle and the bike rolled.
Dutily sustained serious injury in the crash. He was transported by medical helicopter to an area hospital for treatment. Police say Dutily was responsive at the scene. He is expected to make a full recovery.
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Posted on July 27th, 2010
One person was killed in a Wisconsin motorcycle accident Friday evening.
According to officials with the Wisconsin State Patrol, a man and woman, both from Muskego, Wisconsin, were traveling west on a motorcycle on I-94 near Tomah, in Monroe County, when the crash occurred. The 51 year-old woman, a passenger on the motorcycle, died from her injuries. Police say she was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
According to officials with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, the driver of the motorcycle, a 47 year-old man, was transported to an area hospital after the crash. His injuries were described as life-threatening.
Police continue to investigate the cause of the accident. Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the crash.
Police have not disclosed the names of the victims.
Posted on July 21st, 2010
A man is in critical condition at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison after a Wisconsin motorcycle accident near Kronenwetter.
According to officials with the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, the 25 year-old man was traveling in the southbound lanes of Highway X shortly after 1:30 a.m. when the accident occurred. The man failed to negotiate a curve at South Road in the town of Knowlton, Marathon County Sheriff’s Lt. Frank Hanousek said.
The motorcyclist was talking to officers and paramedics at the scene, but police say he suffered major injuries and was transported by medical helicopter to Madison.
Authorities have not released the mans name. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
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Posted on July 14th, 2010
Authorities suspect alcohol was a factor in a fatal Wisconsin motorcycle crash last Thursday.
According to officials with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Department, 46 year-old Jefferey L. Skarda, of Soldiers Grove, was traveling south on Highway 61 near Day Creek Road shortly before 8:00 p.m. last Thursday when the accident occurred. Police say a northbound vehicle driven by 22 year-old Rebecca M. Kulas, of Viroqua, crossed into the southbound lane and collided with Skarda’s motorcycle.
“The alcohol we suspect would be in the Kulas vehicle,” Crawford County Sheriff Jerry Moran said. “I want to be clear it’s not on the part of [Skarda].”
Kulas was charged friday with operating while intoxicated and fourth offense operating while suspended, police say.
A reconstruction of the crash was performed by the state patrol. The Crawford County Sheriff’s Department is continuing its investigation of the crash.
Posted on July 8th, 2010
A 21 year-old man from Neenah was killed in a Wisconsin motorcycle accident Tuesday afternoon.
According to officials with the Wisconsin State Patrol, the two-vehicle collision occurred shortly after 1:00 p.m. at the intersection of South Commercial and Bell streets in Neenah. Police say Mykle J. Drechsel was driving a 2007 Suzuki motorcycle on South Commercial Street at a high rate of speed when he entered the intersection and struck the passenger side of a 2001 Nissan Altima.
The three female occupants of the Nissan, two age 16 and one age 12, were transported to Theda Clark Medical Center where they were treated and released. All three occupants were wearing seat belts at the time of the crash.
Drechsel was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Posted on July 8th, 2010
Police have identified a 62 year-old man who was killed Friday in a Wisconsin motorcycle accident.
According to Lieutenant Brian Ulm of the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department, 62 year-old Warren Steigerwald, of the Town of Merton, lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into his home shortly after 4:00 p.m. Friday. Steigerwald, of N49-W28674 Chardon Drive, drove onto his concrete driveway from his front yard and lost control of the motorcycle, crashing into his house, police say. Steigerwald over-accelerated as he crossed from the yard to the driveway and careened into the front of his home.
After striking his home Steigerwald was thrown from the motorcycle, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders.
