PERU, WI — Wisconsin State Police confirmed that Troy Bauer was hurt in a one-vehicle accident that happened in Peru, Wisconsin on Monday, June 1st, 2015. News out of Dunn County said that the accident happened at about 5:30 Monday evening.
44-year-old Troy Bauer was hurt when the GMC Envoy he was driving crashed and rolled for reasons currently under investigation while driving near the intersection of Highway 85 and Co Rd O. Police said that the SUV drove off the road before it rolled after hitting a culvert.
Bauer was cut from the wreckage and flown by EMS to a nearby hospital for treatment of the injuries he sustained in the crash.
Wisconsin State Police are in charge of finding the cause of the crash.
Scene of the Accident
View of the Road
Commentary:
In my line of work, you see quite a few people trying to assign blame or fault long before the investigation has wrapped up, but I think this is the most common in the case of single vehicle accidents. Why? Well one theory I have is almost everybody that is quick to blame a driver for these incidents have not had the misfortune of being behind the wheel of a vehicle when it suffers a catastrophic malfunction, or a massive tire blowout at the worst possible time. Ultimately, these vehicles are a network of complex mechanical systems working in unison, and there are hundreds of possible technical failures that can lead to a control-loss. In any single vehicle accident, I think the vehicle needs a bumper-to-bumper inspection to see if one such issue caused an accident before anyone can even think about pointing a finger at somebody who may very well be the victim.
— Grossman Law Offices
