On March 24, 2025 the Green County Sheriff's Office responded to an injury crash and provided the following press release regarding the two vehicle motor vehicle crash in the Town of Spring Grove, County of Green, State of Wisconsin.
PREVIOUS PRESS RELEASE:
At 3:07 PM, Deputies, along with Brodhead PD, Brodhead EMS, Brodhead FD, Green County EMS, and Orfordville EMS responded to the intersection of STH 81 & CTH T, in the Town of Spring Grove for a reported two vehicle crash with unknown injuries. The investigation found Eugene R. Thompson, 63, of Monroe, was traveling eastbound on STH 81 when a vehicle driven by Richard E. Fluck, 88, of Davis, failed to yield the right of way from the stop sign traveling northbound on CTH T resulting in Thompson’s vehicle colliding with Fluck’s vehicle. Thompson and Fluck reported that they were wearing their seatbelts and were later transported to the hospital for apparent non-life-threatening injuries. Thompson’s vehicle sustained disabling damage with airbag deployment and Fluck’s vehicle sustained disabling damage with no airbag deployment. Both vehicles were towed from the scene.
UPDATE - CRASH RESULTED IN FATALITY:
On June 5, 2025 the Green County Sheriff's Office was informed that RICHARD E. FLUCK had passed away on April 17, 2025 due to complications of the injuries that he sustained in the March 24, 2025 crash.
This is the forth traffic fatality in Green County in 2025.
Submitted by:
Chief Deputy John M Schuetz, #2