October 22, Â 2025 – Fond du Lac Co., Wi –
On Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at 6:38 p.m. the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received multiple 911 calls of a pick-up truck that collided with a farm tractor near County Highway W and Sunset Drive in the Town of Ashford.
Deputies with the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office along with Campbellsport Fire Department and Ambulance responded to the scene. Initial investigation shows a southbound farm tractor pulling a corn chopper was struck by a southbound pick-up truck.
The farm tractor was operated by a 64-year-old male from Campbellsport. The southbound pick-up truck was occupied by two people. The operator was a 16-year-old male from Eden, and the front passenger was a 16-year-old male from Eden.
The operator of the farm tractor was uninjured. The operator of the pick-up truck was transported to Froedtert Hospital West Bend then subsequently transported to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee for serious injuries. The 16-year-old passenger was transported to SSM Health in Fond du Lac for minor injuries.
Inadequate lighting on the farm tractor and the corn chopper is believed to be a factor in the crash. The crash remains under investigation by the Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Office. County Highway W between Sunset Drive and Meadow Road was closed for approximately 4 hours.
No further information is being released.