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At approximately 10:22 p.m., Green County Deputies, New Glarus Police Department, Blanchardville Police Department, Blanchardville EMS, and the Blanchardville Fire Department responded to the N9300 block of STH 78, in the Town of York, for a single vehicle rollover crash. It was reported that a subject was ejected from the vehicle and was possibly deceased.

Investigation revealed that a 2004 Ford F350 pickup was traveling southbound on STH 78 when the vehicle exited the roadway and entered the west gravel shoulder of the roadway. The vehicle then came back onto the roadway and then entered the east ditch. The vehicle then went down an embankment and overturned multiple times. The vehicle then struck a fence and then came to a rest. The driver, and sole occupant of the vehicle, Tyler H. Hodgson, 25, Blanchardville, was ejected during the crash. Hodgson was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Green County Coroner’s Office.

The vehicle sustained severe damage and the airbags did not deploy. Hodgson was not wearing a seatbelt.

The Green County Highway Department assisted at the scene with traffic control and establishing a detour. The roadway was shut down for approximately four hours. This is Green County’s fifth fatal motor vehicle crash of 2021.