BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - An Adopt-A-Highway volunteer loses his life on Highway 41 Wednesday night.
Just before 6:30 p.m., a female driver in a Toyota Corolla lost control near the town of Lawrence.
The car struck 70-year-old Cornelius VanHandel of New London, working on the side of the road, and rolled into a ditch. VanHandel died from his injuries.
The driver, 31-year-old Lucia Torres-Bisarraga from Green Bay, and the 2 passengers in the car were taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Hobart-Lawrence Police Chief Randy Bani says Torres-Bisarraga claims she was cut off.
"The driver said she was cut off by another vehicle, she swerved into the left-hand lane of 41 south, and back into the right where she lost control."
Torres-Bisarraga was cited for Operating without a license causing the death of another person and Failure to keep vehicle under control.
If you have any information about what happened, you're asked to call the Wisconsin State Patrol at (920) 929-3700 or the Hobart-Lawrence P.D. at (920) 869-3800.
