BIRNAMWOOD, WI (WTAQ) – A teen who was trying to remove a dead deer from the roadway was hit by a vehicle and was killed in Shawano County.
Sheriff’s deputies say they received a call from a driver who said they hit a pedestrian on County Trunk N in the town of Birnamwood just after 5 p.m. Thursday.
The caller, a 45-year-old Bowler man, said he couldn’t see the pedestrian because a vehicle parked on the road had its headlights on bright.
The pedestrian, a 16-year-old Birnamwood boy, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators say just before the crash, the teen hit a deer while driving and stopped his vehicle in the lane of traffic. When he got out and started dragging the deer out of the roadway, he was struck by an oncoming vehicle.
The crash remains under investigation.
