HEWITT, Wis. (WSAU) — Investigators have released the name of the Pittsville man that died late Tuesday night in a motorcycle crash near Hewitt. He was 66-year-old Wayne A. Dietz.
Wood County Sheriff’s Department officials say the crash happened just before midnight on Highway 10 near Day Road. Dietz entered the south shoulder of the eastbound lanes, where he lost control and struck a traffic sign. He died at the scene.
Dietz was not wearing a helmet, but investigators did not indicate if he had head injuries from the crash, or if that was a factor in his death.
Auburndale First Responders and firefighters, Marshfield Ambulance, and the Wood County Coroner assisted deputies at the crash scene.
