Hillcrest Lane Head-On FedEx Truck and Motorcycle Crash in the Town of Wescott, Shawano County, Wisconsin Kills a 39-Year-Old Rider on an Undivided Two-Lane Road Where the Mass Ratio of a Commercial Delivery Vehicle to an Unenclosed Motorcycle Makes Head-On Impact Fatal, Wrongful Death Attorneys at Attorney911 Pursue FedEx Ground and the Independent Service Provider Shells Behind the Branded Truck, We Pull the Telematics, Black-Box Data, Dash-Cam Footage and Mandatory FMCSA Post-Accident Drug Test Results Before the Overwrite, Lupe Peña the Former Insurance-Defense Insider Who Knows How the Claims Machine Values and Denies Commercial Vehicle Fatalities, Ralph Manginello’s 27+ Years of Federal-Court Trial Practice, Wisconsin’s 51% Comparative Negligence Bar and Wrongful Death Statute — No Adult Helmet Law Means Helmet Non-Use Is Not Negligence Per Se, the Firm Has Recovered Millions in Wrongful-Death Cases and $2.5M+ in Truck-Crash Recovery, Free 24/7 Consultation, No Fee Unless We Win, Hablamos Español, 1-888-ATTY-911
Shawano County FedEx Truck Motorcycle Crash: What the Family Needs to Know About Wrongful Death, FedEx Liability, and the Evidence Clock If you are reading this because someone you love was killed on Hillcrest Lane on a Wednesday morning in the Town of Wescott, we want you to hear something first, before any legal analysis: the initial crash report that says the motorcycle crossed the center line is preliminary. It was written within hours of a scene that was still being measured. It reflects one narrative — the one assembled in the immediate aftermath, before the truck’s telematics were downloaded, before the dash camera footage was reviewed, before a certified accident reconstructionist documented the skid marks and gouge marks and debris field. That report is a starting point, not a conclusion. Families should never accept the first crash report as the final word. You are likely being told, or will soon be told, that the rider was not wearing a helmet. Wisconsin law does not require adult motorcyclists to wear helmets. The failure to wear a helmet is not negligence per se under Wisconsin law — that principle was established by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which held that “the failure…