Town of LITTLE RICE, Wis. (WSAU) -- One person is dead and another injured after a utility vehicle crashed in northwestern Oneida County.
The crash happened Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m. on Gobbler Lake Road in the Town of Little Rice, northwest of Tomahawk. Oneida County Sheriff’s Department Lieutenant Terri Hook says the Utility Task Vehicle, or UTV failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway.
52-year-old Richard T. Johnson from Rhinelander died from his injuries. A female was taken to a Wausau hospital, but investigators declined to say which one.
Their names and the woman’s present condition have not been released.
The crash remains under investigation by Oneida County deputies and the Medical Examiner, as well as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.