Ripon Man Injured In Snowmobile Accident
3 February 2020 News
A 53-year-old Ripon man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when his snowmobile collided with a pickup truck on Fond du Lac County Highway E. Town of Ripon Police Captain Howard Stibb says 57-year-old Charles Nelson was leaving his driveway at N9503 County Highway E in the truck and Dennis Hielke was southbound on a snowmobile trail that crosses the driveway. The two couldn’t see each other because of trees along the trail. The left front corner of the snowmobile impacted with the right front corner of the pickup truck and Hielke was thrown from his sled. He was taken to Ripon Medical Center and later flown to the UW-Hospital in Madison with life-threatening injuries. Stibb says Hielke is expected to recover. The accident was reported at 1:45 Saturday afternoon. It is still under investigation.
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