Names Released in Fatal Highway 45 Crash

A Fond du Lac man is dead
after a two-vehicle crash along Highway 45 in the Township of Eden.
At 8:23pm Wednesday night, Fond
du Lac County
Sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene near Mink Road.

Investigators believe a
northbound pickup truck, driven by 26-year old Shawn Hoerth of Fond du Lac, had crossed the centerline and
struck a southbound semi. Hoerth was ejected from the truck and was pronounced
dead at the scene. He was reportedly not wearing his seat belt. 

The driver of
the semi, 39-year old Mohamed Ahmed of Nashville,
Tennessee, was not injured. 

Highway
45 was closed between Mink Road
and Eagle Road
for about seven hours as the scene was investigated. That crash remains under
investigation.