NELSON, Wis. — A tucker hit snow and slush on the causeway connecting Nelson and Wabasha and slid into Beef Slough. The truck sank, but the driver, Amanuel D. Bauer, age 24, of of Perry, Iowa, got out first. Bauer told Buffalo County he didn’t he didn’t need medical attention. This was about 2:05 p.m. just north of the Beef Slough boat landing on Wisconsin State Highway 25, known locally as the Wabasha Dike Road coming off the interstate Clickner bridge over the Mississippi River.
Rescuers check winch. Truck had been submerged after skidding off Wabasha Dike Road. Image: Buffalo County sheriff