Fatal Crash Near Phillips

PRESS RELEASE

Price County Sheriff’s Office
164 Cherry St., PO Box B
Phillips, WI 54555
(715) 339-3011 Telephone

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – August 28, 2025
Price County Sheriff Brian Schmidt reports that on August 28, 2025, at approximately 9:43 a.m.,
several 9-1-1 calls were received reporting a two vehicle crash at the intersection of State
Highway 13 and State Highway 111, in the Township of Worcester.

The crash involved three occupants in a pickup truck and one occupant in a semi-truck. Two
occupants of the pickup truck are deceased. The names of the deceased are being withheld at
this time. The cause of the crash is being investigated.

Responding agencies included the Price County Sheriff’s Office, Phillips Police Department,
Wisconsin State Patrol, Wisconsin Department of Transportation – Reconstruction Unit, Price
County Coroner’s Office, Phillips Fire Department, Prentice Fire Department, Park Falls
Ambulance Service, Central Price County Ambulance Service and Price County Highway
Department.