Accidents reported in Waushara County

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3/23/2022: A two-vehicle accident occurred at 4:25 p.m. on W. Bannerman Ave/STH21 westbound in the Village of Redgranite. Joshua Rechek, 33, Wautoma, was distracted by something outside of the vehicle and drifted to the right out of their lane. Rechek struck legally parked, and unoccupied Unit 2.

3/29/2022: A two-vehicle accident occurred at 10:20 p.m. on IH39 southbound in the Town of Plainfield. Scott Bradley, 52, Milladore, observed an unknown driver entering onto the interstate from the southbound on ramp. Unit 2 lost control on ice covered roads. Bradley had pulled into inside lane and hit the brakes to attempt to avoid the vehicle. Unit 2 slid in front of Bradley and was struck from the driver side font door to the rear of the box. Unit 2 vehicle described as a dark (blue or black) F150 crew cab with color matching topper. Both units then drove into the center median and came to rest. Unit 2 then sped off northbound on I39 and was not located.

3/30/2022: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 12:27 a.m. on IH39 northbound in the Town of Plainfield. Jeremiah Brown, 22, Eagle River, lost control on ice covered road with rear wheel drive vehicle. Brown traveled into the east ditch and rolled over onto its’ top where it came to rest.

3/30/2022: A two-vehicle accident occurred at 10:45 a.m. in a parking lot in the Village of Wild Rose. Franklin Voight, 64, Wild Rose, entered the parking lot and started backing into a parking spot. The left rear corner made contact with the rear driver’s side door of Unit 2, which was parked.

3/31/2022: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 3:03 a.m. on IH39 southbound in the Town of Coloma. Eric Custer, 32, Stratford, lost control and struck the face of a guardrail on snow/ice covered roadway.

4/2/2022: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 9:26 a.m. on Jefferson St. in the Village of Hancock. Taylor Ziaya, 22, Hancock, was fixing his vehicle brakes. When moving the vehicle into the garage and as he put the vehicle into drive, the driver noticed he had no brakes. The vehicle rolled backwards across the street and damaged a recreational trailer parked in the neighbors’ property. Neighbor was notified.

4/2/2022: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 11:30 a.m. on IH39 southbound in the Town of Hancock. Gerald Okrzesik, 67, Wausau, veered off the road to the east and steered to correct, oversteered, and slid to the west leaving the roadway and striking a tree.

4/2/2022: A one-vehicle accident occurred at 6:22 p.m. on STH21 eastbound in the Town of Richford. Jessica John, 20, Appleton, stated she potentially had fallen asleep while driving due to being tired. The vehicle entered the ditch, struck an elevated driveway, went airborne, and eventually came to rest.

Deer accidents:

3/29/2022: At 9:24 p.m., Kelsey Koch, 25, Wild Rose, on STH21, Eastbound, Town of Aurora.

3/30/2022: At 7:45 a.m., Amanda Komatina, 35, Wild Rose, on STH49, Northbound, Town of Bloomfield.

3/30/2022: At 4:10 p.m., Christopher Macijeski, 24, Pine River, on CTHH, Westbound, Town of Springwater.

4/2/2022: At 7:51 p.m., Caitlyn Skibba, 24, Stevens Point, on STH49, Northbound, Town of Aurora.

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