On Sunday, July 12, 2026 at approximately 1:33 p.m., the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Communications Center received a report of a motorcycle versus truck crash with injuries, at the intersection of CTH S and Schwartz Road, in the Town of Chase.
Deputies and emergency personnel immediately responded to the scene. A preliminary investigation indicates that a truck was stopped at the stop sign on Schwartz Road, facing south. The truck then proceeded into the intersection, where it was struck on the passenger-side box area of the truck by an eastbound motorcycle traveling on CTH S.
The operator of the motorcycle, a 39-year-old man from Escanaba, Michigan died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. The diver of the truck, a 48-year-old man from Oconto Falls, WI and his passenger, a 25-year-old man also from Oconto Falls, Wisconsin were evaluated at the scene by medical personnel and released.
The crash remains under investigation by the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office, the Wisconsin State Patrol and the Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office. No additional information is being released at this time.
The Oconto County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Wisconsin State Patrol, Tri-County Fire Department, Oconto Falls Ambulance Service, the Brown County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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