DeForest man fatally struck by truck while plowing snow
DEFOREST, Wis. (AP) - Authorities say a 77-year-old DeForest man was killed while plowing snow when the all-terrain vehicle he was driving collided with a pickup truck.
According to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the accident occurred Monday afternoon while Russell H. Baerwolf was driving south on Kroncke Road in the Town of Leeds. Sheriff Dennis Richards says the man's ATV got into the path of a pickup driving the same direction.
The Wisconsin State Journal (http://bit.ly/16ytaOb ) reports Baerwolf was taken to a Madison hospital, where he died the following day.
The sheriff's office says the driver of the truck wasn't injured.
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Information from: Wisconsin State Journal, http://www.madison.com/wsj
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