DURAND, Wis. — An Arkansaw man accused of negligent homicide in a four-wheeler crash was sentenced to nine months in jail with work-release privileges. Bradley Holz, age 55, also will be on probation five years with no imbibing allowed. The sentence was part of a plea deal approved by Pepin County Judge Thomas Clark. The judge said he was impressed that leniency had been recommended by the family of Jessica Bignell, 45, also of Arkansaw, who died the accident. Holz was driving with Bignell as a passenger in a convoy of five UTVs last June. The convoy ignored several “road closed” signs on County Road Z. When deputies arrived, they found beer cans littering the road and also Bignell’s body. Two injured men were lying in the grass. Deputies said they believed smelled intoxicants on Holz’s breath.
Holz. UTV driver in closed construction zone.