Crash Information – Initial Release
Highway: WIS 29 EB
Location: COUNTY ROAD H
County: CHIPPEWA
At 4:07 AM on Sunday February 02, 2025 a crash occurred on WIS 29 EB at County Road H in
CHIPPEWA County near STANLEY.
Assisting agencies included Stanely Police Department , Chippewa County Sheriff’s Department ,
Stanley Fire Department , Boyd Ambulance Service, and Chippewa County Coroner .
The crash involved 1 fatality. Vehicle and occupant information, if available, is on the last page(s).
The details of the crash are as follows:
On February 2, 2025, at approximately 4:07 am a Chippewa County Highway Department truck was
performing winter maintenance on Hwy 29 Eastbound at Stanley when it was struck from behind by
a 2017 Jeep Compass. As a result of injuries sustained in the crash the male driver passed away.
The driver of the Jeep Compass was pronounced deceased at the scene of the crash by the
Chippewa County Coroner. The driver of the Highway Department truck was not injured. The crash
remains under investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol.
Update: 2-3-2025
7:51 PM
The names of those involved in the crash have been released. The driver of the Snow Plow was 45 year old Bernard Potaczek of Stanley, WI. The driver of the Jeep Compass was 19 year old Treyton Tessmer of Withee, WI.
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