The Door County Sheriff’s Department has released the identity of the 66-year old Door County man who died Wednesday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Mathey Road, south of County TT, in the Town of Sevastopol. Door County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Pat McCarty says the accident happened in a road construction zone…
McCarty says the victim Steve Schmelzer of Sturgeon Bay, was struck by a northbound vehicle driven by 71-year old Dennis Connolly, also a Sturgeon Bay resident…
The chief deputy says the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident is still ongoing…
An initial report indicates that the driver was distracted at the time Schmelzer, a retired teacher working as part of a surveying crew, was struck in the construction zone.
