The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office has identified the persons involved in a fatal crash on Monday in the Town of Lyndon as 77-year-old Dennis Teetzen of Sheboygan and 35-year-old City of Plymouth Police Officer Lindsay Baumhardt.
A preliminary investigation indicates that Teetzen was driving south on State Highway 57 at County Road N shortly after 3 p.m. when he turned in front of the oncoming police officer’s squad car. Officer Baumhardt was not responding to a call at the time and was not driving in emergency mode.
Teetzen was pronounced dead at the scene while Officer Baumhardt was transported to Aurora Sheboygan Medical Center with what were termed as non-life-threatening injuries. The Wisconsin State Patrol is doing a reconstruction of the accident.
