TOWNSHIP OF BIRON, WI (OnFocus) – On August 31 at 11:51pm, the Wood County Dispatch Center received a call of a crash involving a vehicle versus motorcycle on South Biron Drive, near Strawberry Lane in the Township of Biron.
Units from the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department, Wood County Sheriff’s Department, Wisconsin State Patrol, Wood County Rescue and EMS responded to the scene. Life saving measures were attempted with the operator of the motorcycle, Miles Duerr, a 28 year-old Wisconsin Rapids man. These attempts were unsuccessful and the motorcycle operator was pronounced dead at the scene.
Initial on-scene investigation indicates the vehicle was traveling northbound on South Biron Drive, crossed the centerline and struck the southbound motorcycle. The vehicle driver, 25 year-old Rait Abdiu of Wisconsin Rapids, is suspected of operating while under the influence.
Abdiu was arrested for the 3rd Offense OWI and violation of bond conditions. During the course of the investigation it was learned a passenger in the vehicle, 21 year-old Trevor Paulson of Stevens Point, fled the scene. This subject was later located in the Village of Plover, Portage County Wisconsin. This incident remains under investigation.
The Wood County Sheriff’s Department was assisted at by Wisconsin Rapids Police Department, Wisconsin Rapids Fire and Ambulance, Wood County Rescue, Wood County Dispatch Center, Biron First Responders, Wood County Coroner, Wisconsin State Patrol, Grand Rapids Police Department, Plover Police Department and Nieman’s Tow Service.
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Author: News Desk
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