ROCK COUNTY — At least two motorists helped save a McFarland man pinned in his truck Wednesday morning after it collided with a milk tanker in Rock County.

Lester W. Paulson, 63, was traveling south on Highway 14 near Holt Road around 5 a.m., when he collided with the milk tanker, which was preparing to back into a driveway on Highway 14, according to the Rock County Sheriff's Department.

Emergency responders found Paulson's pickup truck underneath the tanker driven by Randy Ulrich, 40, of Fort Atkinson. Ulrich was not injured.

Paulson was pinned in his vehicle, which caught fire, but was pulled free by Daniel M. Nipple, 51, of Brooklyn, who was driving south on Highway 14 and stopped when he noticed the crash. He and at least one other unidentified motorist broke out a window in the pickup truck and pulled Paulson out, deputies said.

Paulson was taken to UW Hospital where he was in fair condition.

Driver in fatal accident facing charges

WAUPACA — A rural Waupaca man accused of crashing his speeding car into an oncoming motor scooter, killing the rider, faces charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle.

A State Patrol report said the car was going 85 mph at the time of the crash.

Killed was 46-year-old Pamela Stearns, of Weyauwega.

The criminal complaint filed this week says 55-year-old Gregory Hurlbut told deputies he was a recovering drug addict and had taken three prescription drugs before the September 2007 accident in the town of Lind.

Referendum back on Rhinelander ballot

RHINELANDER — It's on the ballot again. And Rhinelander school administrators hope the third time is the charm for a $23.5 million school bond referendum.

The School Board voted 4-2 this week to put the identical referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot after it lost in last week's election by only 45 votes.

It's a scaled down version of a $35.5 million referendum that failed by about 600 votes in the spring.

The latest proposal calls for funding additional classrooms, a multi-purpose facility, a pool and building maintenance.

— State Journal staff, wire services