Press Release - Town of Grantsburg, Burnett County, WI - On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 04:17 a.m. the Burnett County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Airport Road and East Harmon Avenue in the Town of Grantsburg. Initial investigation of this incident indicates that a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck, operated by Zachary Meyer, 34, of Siren, was travelling east on E. Harmon Avenue when he failed to stop at the intersection of Airport Road and struck a tree. Meyer was not wearing a safety belt and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Burnett County Medical Examiner.
The Grantsburg Fire Department and North Memorial Ambulance also responded to this incident.
No further information will be released at this time; investigation and crash reconstruction continues by the Burnett County Sheriff’s Office.
-Chief Deputy Scott M. Burns
Last Update: Feb 24, 2017 8:48 am CST
