Bio: Pflanzer, Gerald J. – Bad Accident (Jul 1974)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Pflanzer, Marcon, Litwin

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 18 Jul 1974

An apparent bake failure was listed as the cause of an accident in Hull Township, Marathon County, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. two and one-half miles south of County Trunk N.

Gerald J. Pflanzer, 28, Rt. 1, Colby, sustained a fracture skull, two fractured vertebrae and a laceration to the left shoulder when his car sideswiped a backhoe, according to the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department.

Tom Marcon, Rt. 1, Athens, driver of the backhoe owned by Michels Construction Company, apparently was not injured.

Deputy Litwin of the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department, was the investigating officer.