Car hits bear on I-39 near mile marker 178

Heard on: Marathon County Fire Departments

02:22

00:00

Alerting Mosinee and Knowlton first responders.

00:02

Mosinee and Knowlton first responders respond to a one car versus bear crash on 51 southbound near the 178, 179 mile markers.

00:13

I don't have anything further than that other than it was described as bad and airbags are deployed.

00:20

Alerting Mosinee and Norton.

00:21

First page is 440.

00:23

00:49

one car versus bear crash.

00:53

Between the 178 and 179 southbound on I-39,

01:00

it's a one-car versus bear described as a bad crash with airbag deployment.

01:05

Caller was a passerby.

01:07

Alerting Mosinee and Oltner.

01:08

Second page is 400 and forty-two.

01:14

Station copies.

01:24

Okay, dispatch seventy-eight station.

01:31

Dispatch 97 FR6 is en route.

01:36

FR6, you can stand down.

01:37

We got a call from the driver now.

01:39

He's saying no injuries, he's fine.

01:46

10-4.

02:08

This is a cancellation page

02:12

for the car versus bear crash.

02:14

We got a call from the operator.

02:15

He's okay and refusing medical assistance.

02:18

Again, cancellation page for the crash at the 178 southbound.

6/19/2026 02:39 AM

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I-39 & US-51, Rib Mountain, WI 54401

Car hits bear on I-39 near mile marker 178

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Car hits bear on I-39 near mile marker 178

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