Update: Fatal Crash

Updated News Release

August 3, 2015

On Friday, July 31, the Sauk County Sheriff’s Department investigated a fatal traffic crash on Cth H near Reedsburg.  The initial information gathered at the time was that a white SUV had struck one of the vehicles involved and fled the scene.

After further investigation at the crash scene and interviews with victims and witnesses, we do believe that a white SUV was present in the area at the time of the crash but it did not collide with any of the other vehicles.  The operator of the SUV may or may not have even been aware of the crash.

The Sheriff’s Department is no longer looking for the white SUV as a hit and run vehicle, but rather as a potential witness to assist with the crash investigation.  Anyone operating that type of vehicle and were traveling west bound on CTH H at Drover’s Pass around 9 p.m. Friday night is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department.

Sauk County Sheriff Chip Meister has identified the victim of the fatal crash as Gary A. Tyler, age 76, from Reedsburg.

The incident remains under investigation.

Sheriff Chip Meister

Sauk County Sheriff’s Department