09/27/2026
Please keep Trooper Ritger and his family in your thoughts.
Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper Brad Ritger was severely injured Monday morning, September 21, while responding to a traffic incident on I-94 in Dunn County.
Trooper Ritger was responding to a traffic pursuit when he deployed a tire deflation device on a bridge deck west of the Dunn County/Eau Claire County line. As he moved to a position of cover, he fell from the bridge onto 490th Avenue below. Life-saving measures including CPR were administered. Trooper Ritger was transported to a nearby medical facility where he remains under treatment.
He has served the Wisconsin State Patrol for five years and is assigned to the Northwest Region in Dunn County.
The driver involved in the pursuit was arrested after the vehicle eventually stopped in the median shoulder. The incident remains under investigation.