4/1/2025

MERCER - Police are investigating a fatal accident near Mercer.  At 5:33 p.m. on Sunday March 30, Police say the driver of a 2012 Audi A4 lost control and rolled over into the west ditch on US 51 southbound at Tower Ridge Road near Mercer.  The driver only being identified as a 29-year-old male driver from Mercer was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 23-year-old male passenger was transported by ambulance to Howard Young Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.  Police say alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident and that neither driver nor passenger were wearing seatbelts. The Wisconsin State Patrol is conducting further investigation, and the names of the occupants are not being released pending the notification of the family.