ATV Rider Dies After Ignoring Road Closed Sign: Police

MOUNT PLEASANT, WI -- Police in Mount Pleasant say that alcohol and high speeds were both factors that led to the death of a 21-year-old Mount Pleasant man in an ATV accident early Friday morning. A second 21-year-old Mount Pleasant man was seriously injured in the crash, police said.

Authorities say they responded to the crash, which happened just before 2 a.m. in the 12500 block of Braun Road, which is located within the Foxconn construction zone - a multi-acre site designated for the construction of a $10 billion electronics plant.

When officers investigated the fatal crash, they learned that the ATV driver ignored the Road Closed signs on Braun Road and continued driving west, only to vault into a rocky ravine where there is no roadway.

Investigators say the SUV, driver and passenger plummeted, and struck the bank of that ravine.

When officers and first responders arrived at the scene of the crash, they found the two people that had been thrown off the ATV. They found that the driver died at the site of the crash, and that the passenger suffered serious injuries.

Authorities said the person who called police, who was a passenger on the ATV, said that his friend was unconscious.

The passenger was transported to the Wheaton Ascension Emergency Room for treatment, authorities said. The names of the riders are being withheld until proper notification can be made to the Driver’s family.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department is reminding the Public to heed Road Closed signs in the area in the interest of public safety.

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