July 17, 2008
Robert Gruny dead in Hwy 102 crash
by Brian Wilson
Robert J. Gruny, 69, was pronounced dead by the Taylor County Medical Examiner following a one vehicle crash on Hwy 102 near the intersection with Wellington Lake Road in the Town of Rib Lake.
The Taylor County Sheriff's Department dispatch center received word of the crash at 10:20 a.m. on July 15.
The initial report indicated there was a person inside the vehicle who was possibly deceased.
Emergency personnel from the Rib Lake Fire Department, the Taylor County Ambulance Service and the Rib Lake First Responders were at the scene.
According to a release from Sheriff Bruce Daniels, the initial investigation showed the passenger vehicle a Buick Rendezvous, was traveling eastbound on Hwy 102 near the intersection with Wellington Lake Road when the vehicle drifted left of center and ultimately entered the north ditch and struck several trees.
Gruny was pronounced dead at the scene. It is not known at this time why the vehicle swerved.
This is the second traffic fatality of the year in Taylor County. On May 24, Kathryn D. Gebert, 41, was killed when the vehicle she was a passenger in was struck by a deer that ricocheted off another vehicle.
