Tractor Accident

On May 7, 2020 at 10:59 am the Sauk County Communications Center received a call of a tractor accident on County Road W in the town of Greenfield.

The initial investigation shows Daniel L Gillette, age 59 of Baraboo was operating a tractor on his property when he struck a decorative overhead beam causing the beam to fall onto him and the tractor. Gillette was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Sauk County Coroner’s Office.

The Sauk County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Baraboo Fire Department, Baraboo Ambulance Service and the Sauk County Coroner’s Office. The name of the tractor operator is being withheld at this time.

Chip Meister

Sauk County Sheriff