Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash-Update-Name Released

***Update*** - The name of the deceased driver in this incident is Joseph T. Ott, age 31, of Portage, WI.

On August 25, 2025 at approximately 6:31pm the Sauk County Communications Center received multiple 911 calls about a traffic accident on Hwy 33 near the intersection of Man Mound Rd. in the Township of Greenfield. Upon arrival, Deputies observed four involved vehicles. Baraboo Fire and EMS began treating patients and one was transported by UW-Med Flight to a Madison area hospital. Three other occupants were transported by ambulance to nearby hospitals.

It was learned a sedan that was traveling east bound and crossed the centerline. Another vehicle swerved to miss the sedan and struck another vehicle traveling west bound, the two vehicles collided, and the sedan continued. The sedan then struck another vehicle traveling west bound head on. The operator of the vehicle struck by the sedan was taken by UW-Med Flight and the driver of the sedan was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the sedan was a 31 year old male from the Portage area. The name of the driver is being withheld pending the notification of family.

Sauk County Sheriff

Richard Meister