OCONTO FALLS, Wis. (WFRV) – An 18-year-old driver is now dead after their vehicle rolled over due to hitting a deer Friday night in Oconto County.
According to a release from the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded at 10:16 p.m. to repoorts of a rollover crash on County Highway B to the south of Busy Nook Road in the Town of Oconto Falls.
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Once on the scene, officials say they found the vehicle on its side in the ditch with extensive damage. The prliminary investigation showed that the vehicle hit a deer while going north on County Highway B causing it to lose control and rollover multiple times into the ditch.
The driver, an 18-year-old from Suring, was ejected from the vehicle during the crash and was taken to a Green Bay hospital where he later died due to his injuries.
At this time, no other information is avaialable and an investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
