A 25-year-old Spring Prairie man died this morning when the truck he was driving crashed into a tree on South Road in the Town of Lyons.
Earl J. Finke, the sole occupant of the 2005 Ford F250, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputies responded to the single-vehicle crash at about 2:20 a.m. Thursday on South Road about a half mile north of Highway 50. The initial investigation indicates that Finke was driving south on South Road entering the curves north of Highway when he lost control of the pick-up, slid sideways off the east side of the road and struck a tree, according to the Sheriff’s Department. Finke was not wearing his seatbelt.
