Spooner, Pine City men killed in Thanksgiving crash

Mon, 11/30/2009 - 9:30pm


FOX 21 News

SPOONER, Wis. - The Washburn County Sheriff has identified two men killed in a Thanksgiving evening crash.

It happened on Highway 70 west of Spooner around 8 p.m.  Sheriff Terry Dryden said an eastbound van crossed the center line and struck a westbound truck.

The drivers of both vehicles died at the scene.  They are Barry Banks, 66, of Spooner and Russell Naber, 50, of Pine City.