Crime & Safety
Western Wisconsin Corrections Officer Killed By Drunk Driver, Sheriff's Office Says
The suspected drunk driver, a 40-year-old man from Eau Claire, has been charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, police said.
December 27, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities in western Wisconsin say a correctional officer died after a suspected drunk driver struck his vehicle on the morning of Christmas Eve.
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The Dunn County Sheriff's Office says Jeff Reynolds was driving westbound on U.S. Highway 29 around 2:44 a.m. on Tuesday when a driver in a northbound vehicle failed to stop at a stop sign on County Highway E, striking Reynolds's vehicle.
Reynolds had been on his way to fill in a shift at the county jail at the time of the accident.
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