Public Safety · Sauk County
6 Dead in Sauk County Plane Crash Near Wisconsin Dells Tuesday Night
Six people, including one child, died shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday when a six-seat Piper PA-46 crashed in a wooded area near Mirror Lake State Park in the Town of Dellona, Sauk County, Wisconsin. The pilot reported ice building on the wings while flying at 24,000 feet through a thunderstorm and was cleared to descend before communications were lost. The plane had been traveling from Kenosha to Menomonie and went down about 10 miles west of Wisconsin Dells. No structures were damaged and no one on the ground was injured. The NTSB is leading the investigation; victims' names were not immediately released.