HERTEL, Wis. (WJMC) — A motorcycle crash on Highway 70, just west of the casino in Hertel, has left one man dead.
Burnett County Sheriff Tracy Finch said 64-year-old Stephen Stevens, of Webster, was riding east on Highway 70 with a group of motorcycles around 12:20 p.m. on Friday. A tire on Stevens’ bike blew out, and he was ejected. Two other motorcycles laid down their bikes to avoid Stevens’ bike.
Stevens was pronounced deceased at the scene. A passenger on one of the other bikes was transported with nonlifethreatening injuries.
The crash was under investigation.