One day, two fatal crashes

STEVENS POINT— On April 16, a sedan was traveling eastbound in the town of Almond on County Trunk W and crossed the center line. The sedan entered the north ditch and struck a tree. The lone occupant of the sedan, 77-year-old Eldon Pearson from Almond, died on the scene. The crash remains under investigation.
On April 16 at 8:33 p.m. there was a motor vehicle crash on State Highway 22/110 at Fuhs Road in the Township of Little Wolf. Investigating deputies determined pickup truck rear-ended a tractor which caused the tractor driver and a passenger to be ejected. The male passenger was struck by a passing vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor driver had non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital.