The Door County Sheriff’s office is reporting a fatal traffic accident Saturday morning on Highway 57, just north of County Q in the Town of Baileys Harbor. At about 12:35AM, a caller reported that the vehicle was in a ditch and fully engulfed in flames. Units of the sheriff’s office, Baileys Harbor, Gibraltar and Ephraim Fire, Baileys Harbor first responders, and Door County Emergency Services responded to the accident site. The lone occupant of the vehicle was deceased at the scene. It appears that the vehicle was southbound on Highway 57 and failed to negotiate a curve, entering the north ditch where it struck a tree. The Brown County medical examiner will be conducting an autopsy in an attempt to determine the identity of the driver.
