TOWN OF BEECHER, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Milwaukee-area man was killed in an ATV crash in Marinette County over the weekend.
Sheriff Jerry Sauve says deputies were called to private property off Park Street off Smeester School Road in the Town of Beecher around noon Sunday. A 911 caller reported the ATV had accelerated quickly out of the garage and hit a rock and trees at a high speed.
The driver was thrown off the machine, and the machine then landed on top of him. Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful, and he died at the scene.
The driver was identified as Michael J. Heritsch, 68, of Greenfield.
The crash is still being investigated.
