BURNETT COUNTY, Wisc. – A Forest Lake Police Department sergeant is dead after his utility-terrain vehicle crashed in Wisconsin.
Kurt Kowarsch was visiting his cabin Saturday night. He apparently lost control of the vehicle and hit multiple trees before the vehicle caught fire. A preliminary autopsy report showed that he died before the vehicle caught fire.
The 42-year-old Kowarsch served as a patrol officer, trainer, investigator and SWAT team member. He also was a firearms instructor.
His infant daughter, Brooke, died in 2011 at a home daycare in Lindstrom. The unlicensed provider was charged with murder and manslaughter but was later acquitted.
