Authorities identify snowmobile crash victim

KEWAUNEE – A Casco woman who died of injuries from a weekend snowmobile crash wasn't wearing a helmet, authorities said Tuesday.

The Kewaunee County Sheriff’s Department said Kelly Giese, 47, was on a snowmobile driven by 34-year-old Adam Wanta, of Luxemburg, when Wanta hit a fence post about 11 p.m. Saturday on Pheasant Road in Casco. Both Giese and Wanta were thrown off the snowmobile. Giese hit her head on the fence post.

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She was flown by helicopter to a Green Bay hospital, where she died, authorities said.

This article originally appeared on Green Bay Press Gazette: Authorities identify snowmobile crash victim