SPRINGBROOK, Wis (WSAU-Wheeler News) A 19-year-old man died over the weekend in a utility-terrain-vehicle mishap in western Wisconsin. Dunn County sheriff’s officials said the victim was a passenger on a U-T-V that crashed on a private site in the town of Springbrook on Saturday. The man was trapped under the vehicle. He was flown to an Eau Claire hospital where he died.
Investigators said the operator was apparently speeding up on a turn, when the vehicle rolled onto the passenger side. Alcohol and other drugs do not appear to be factors.
The mishap remains under investigation.