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Man dies in fiery crash in Marinette County

BEAVER, WI--   A Wisconsin man was killed in a crash involving a dump truck and a tractor in Marinette County.

Sheriff Jerry Sauve says it happened Friday around 8:50 p.m. on US-141 in the town of Beaver. A northbound tractor towing a grain drill was struck from behind by a dump truck towing a loader. The crash ignited a fire in the dump truck. The driver—59-year-old Randy Gawryleski of Suamico—died in the burning wreckage. The operator of the tractor and his juvenile male passenger were not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.