Update on Fatal Dodge County Accident

Update on Fatal Dodge County Accident

Mar 19, 2026, 4:25 AM CST

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RIPON, Wis (WRPN)- The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the two drivers involved in a fatal crash between a car and a semi hauling an empty milk tank trailer.

It happened on County Highway A at County Highway W in the town of Oak Grove just before 2:30 last Thursday afternoon.

Investigators say 63-year-old Jeffrey Gundlach of Appleton was heading east and failed to stop for a stop sign striking the semi. He was ejected from his car and died at the scene.

Sixty-four-year-old Carl Baumgarten of Reedsville was driving the semi. He was not hurt.

Bob Nelson

Bob Nelson is News Director in Ripon, and the voice of newscasts on WRPN and WAUH. Email him at bob.nelson@civicmedia.us.

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