DEADLY ACCIDENT IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY

One person is dead after a crash involving a log-tractor trailer in Chippewa County.  The county sheriff’s office says 77-year-old William Shelton was driving his car through the intersection of highways 64 and 40 Friday morning when the truck hit him.  Shelton was pronounced dead at the scene while the truck driver was uninjured.  Police say Shelton did not yield to the right of way of the truck when he was hit.