LUXEMBURG, WI (WTAQ) – Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department reporting early this morning (SAT) deputies received a report of a tractor on fire with someone possibly still in the tractor, on Tonet Rd north of County Road K. It was also reported that the tractor had rolled and was in the power lines.
Sheriff’s Deputies, along with members of Luxemburg Fire & Rescue, Red River First Responders and Wisconsin Public Service responded to the scene.
When the fire was extinguished, Glenn’s Towing assisted in moving the tractor to a stable location where the fire department was able to use the jaws of life to enter the tractor.
The operator of the tractor, a 54-year-old Green Bay man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The investigation into this accident is ongoing and the name of the deceased party is being withheld pending notification of the family.
