• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / Crime / Courts / Fatal police chase near Wausau

Fatal police chase near Wausau

December 19, 2011 By WRN Contributor

A Wausau-area man is dead, following a police chase early Monday morning. Police say the chase started after a 77-year-old man with Alzheimer’s left his home in the Wausau suburb of Rothschild and started driving.

Officials say Fred Abel had made statements about dying and refused to stop for police. Abel led cops on a 10-mile chase before missing a curve on a county highway, crashing into a tree on a county highway in rural Wausau.

Rothschild police Chief Dean Albrecht says an initial look at the case shows officers followed procedure for a pursuit situation. He says it’s unfortunate that it resulted in a tragic loss of life.

Albrecht says the crash remains under investigation.

AUDIO: Matt Lehman reports (:32)

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, News



Featured Stories

Pro-life groups condemn Kahl lawsuit to overturn 1849 abortion ban

Wisconsin politicians react as SCOTUS overturns Roe v. Wade

Republicans gavel in and out of special session to overturn Wisconsin’s abortion law

Juneteenth flag raised at Wisconsin Capitol

Gableman invokes 5th amendment, elections probe found in contempt in open records case

TwitterFacebook

Sports Headlines

Giannis breaks franchise scoring record, Bucks beat Nets in OT

Wisconsin’s Davis declares for NBA Draft

Badgers to face Arizona State in Las Vegas Bowl

Williams likely out for the season with broken hand

Packers releasing TE Jace Sternberger

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2022 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC