Dodge County school bus and motorcycle crash seriously injures one

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a serious injury crash Wednesday, September 4, 2024, involving a school bus and a motorcycle.

At about 3:45 PM, deputies from the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Beaver Dam Fire Department and Ambulance were dispatched to State Highway 33 at North Crystal Lake Road just east of the City of Beaver Dam for the crash.

Investigation of the crash scene showed that a 62-year-old man from rural Beaver Dam was traveling east on State Highway 33 on a Harley Davidson Motorcycle and collided
with a school bus operated by a 54-year-old Beaver Dam man that was traveling north on North Crystal Lake Road. The driver of the motorcycle was transported to Marshfield Medical Center in Beaver Dam with serious injuries. The driver of the bus was uninjured.

There were no other occupants on the school bus at the time of the crash aside from the driver.

Highway 33 was closed to traffic for about 30 minutes while crews worked the crash.