HILLSBORO, Wis. – Vernon County Sheriff Roy Torgerson reports a vehicle versus black bear collision that occurred on Thursday night, May 23, at approximately 10:00 p.m., near Pine Avenue, in the town of Union, rural Hillsboro.
According to the sheriff’s office Dominic Lee Vesbach, 27, of rural La Farge, WI was operating a heavy-duty pickup truck, traveling east on State Highway 82, east of Pine Avenue, when the collision occurred. The left side of a loaded trailer attached to the Vesbach vehicle struck the bear. The approximate 145-pound, male black bear was severely injured and had to be euthanized. The trailer sustained minor damage.
Assisting the Sheriff’s Office was the La Farge Police Department.
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