Fatal Accident Between Pickup Truck and Motorcycle

Posted on 03/25/2020

On Wednesday, March 25, at 7:31 p.m., Pleasant Prairie Police and Rescue Personnel responded to a report of a collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle in the 9200 block of Sheridan Road in Pleasant Prairie. Initial responders found the operator of the motorcycle unresponsive and seriously injured.  

Lifesaving measures were attempted; however, the operator of the motorcycle, a 31-year-old adult male, died at the scene. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. 

The driver of the pickup truck, a 68-year-old man from Pleasant Prairie, was not injured.

A preliminary investigation indicated that both the pickup and motorcycle were southbound at the time of the accident.  The cause remains under investigation.   

Police investigators were assisted at the scene by members of the Wisconsin State Patrol Technical Reconstruction Unit.  Sheridan Road between 91st Street and 92nd Place was closed to traffic for approximately three and a half hours during the investigation.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Pleasant Prairie Police Department at 262-694-7353.