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WI: Breaking: Fatal hunting accident reported in Hamburg

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September 22, 2013

From MarshfieldNewsHerald.com

HAMBURG — One person is dead after a squirrel hunting accident in the western Marathon County town of Hamburg, police say.

The accident happened about 10 a.m. in a wooded area along Highway F, Marathon County Sheriff’s Lt. Fred Goch said. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Department and investigators with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are investigating.

The name, age and gender of the victim are being withheld pending notification of relatives. More information is expected to be released later today. Police did not say how the hunter died.