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Victim Of Fatal Crash In Columbia County Identified

18 May 2019 News


The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the individual killed in a multi-vehicle crash near Columbus on Tuesday. The incident occurred just after 5pm in the northbound lanes of Highway 151, near the Highway 73 overpass. Sheriff Roger Brandner says 38-year-old David Bickel of Mukwonago died from his injuries. The preliminary investigation shows that a Freightliner straight truck failed to reduce speed as it encountered slower moving traffic in a construction zone. In total, ten people were involved, with two escaping injury. The crash remains under investigation by the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and the Wisconsin State Patrol.


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