The sun is being named a factor in a car-bicycle accident that claimed a life in neighboring Calumet County on Thursday morning.
Sheriff’s Lieutenant Eric Voland says the accident happened shortly after 7 a.m. when a sixteen-year-old female from Menasha was traveling eastbound on Old Highway Road in the Village of Harrison. The report indicates that as she came upon the bicyclist the brightness of the sun likely made it difficult for the driver to see the 60-year-old Menasha man who was struck. He died before deputies and first responders arrived. The driver is cooperating with officials and names are being withheld until family members are notified.
Around the equinox, which was on Thursday, the sun rises and sets directly in the east and west respectively, making it crucial that drivers on east-west roads use extra caution during those times.
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