A 60-year-old New Richmond, WI man was pronounced dead at the hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Somerset, WI on March 27, according to the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office. Croix.
The Communication Center of the County of St. Croix received a call around 2:33 a.m. on March 27 that a person was taken to Westfields Hospital with injuries from an accident, according to the sheriff’s office. The man, later identified as Michael A. Smith, was pronounced dead at the hospital by the St. Louis County Medical Examiner. Croix.
Investigators determined that Smith had been struck by a vehicle near 160th Ave. near 75th St. in Somerset Township.
The Sheriff’s Office of St. Croix says this is the county’s second traffic fatality of 2023.
The accident remains under investigation.
