BRUCE, Wis. (WJMC) — A young woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 40, north of Bruce late Sunday.
Rusk County Sheriff Jeff Wallace said 22-year-old Alethea R. Frisinger was struck by a northbound vehicle, which caused her to be thrown into the east ditch. She was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The sheriff said she was walking in the northbound lane around 11 p.m., was wearing dark clothing and was in an unlit section of highway.