A 66 year old man died Sunday evening in an ATV crash in the town of Cassian, a rural part of Oneida County.
He hit a telephone pole in a curve on Lakewood Road near Sand Lake Road.
The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office got a call about the accident last night just after 6 pm.
The rider was pronounced dead at the scene.
Tyler Young, Rhinelander Sheriff's Captain, says that since 2015, there have been 5 vehicle accidents in that area.
Authorities are waiting to release his name until proper notifications are given to his family.
They were assisted by Cassian first responders, Oneida County EMS, the DNR, the Minocqua Police Department and the Oneida County Medical Examiner’s Department.
