ATV Crash

On June 13, 2019 at 8:03pm The Sauk County Communications Center was notified of an ATV crash on Kosin Drive approximately ¼ mile south of CTH W in the Township of Freedom. Initial information received by the dispatch center was of a single ATV crash with injuries.

Preliminary investigation showed that a 2005 Honda ATV was being operated northbound on Kosin Drive by Nicholas Nelson, age 25, of North Freedom. Nelson was also carrying a passenger Erin Butler, age 26, of North Freedom on the ATV. Nelson appears to have been negotiating a curve when the ATV struck a bridge. Fire and EMS units arrived on scene and both Nelson and Butler were transported to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Butler was later transported to UW-Madison Hospital with possible serious injuries.

A subsequent investigation found that Nelson showed evidence of impairment. Nelson was issued citations for Operating an ATV while under the influence of an intoxicant causing an injury, operating an ATV without a valid safety certificate, operating an ATV in a careless manner and failure to register an ATV.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the North Freedom Fire Department and Reedsburg EMS

Sheriff Chip Meister