THE U.S. AND ISRAEL’S FIRST STRIKES ON IRAN. >> BACK HERE AT HOME, A COMMUNITY IS IN MOURNING AND THEIR MOURNING. A TEN YEAR OLD BOY KILLED ON HIS WAY TO SCHOOL WEDNESDAY. THE OCONOMOWOC SCHOOL DISTRICT, IDENTIFYING HIM TODAY AS JACK O’DONOVAN, THE FOURTH GRADER, WAS IN A CAR ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL WHEN IT GOT REAR ENDED ON HIGHWAY 67. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR, COVERING THE STORY FROM WAUKESHA COUNTY TONIGHT ON THE COMMUNITY GRIEF AND THE CALL FOR ACTION. >> AT HIGHWAY 67 AND MCMAHON ROAD, A MEMORIAL FOR TEN YEAR OLD JACK OUDENHOVEN, THE FOURTH GRADER AT MEADOWVIEW ELEMENTARY IN OCONOMOWOC, DIED IN A CRASH HERE WEDNESDAY. >> IT TOUCHES YOUR SOUL, YOU KNOW, AND IT KIND OF JUST WANTS TO BE RESPECTS. >> SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN. SUCH A YOUNG, YOUNG AGE. >> IN AN EMAIL TO PARENTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAID, QUOTE, HIS FAMILY SHARED THAT JACK WAS A SMART, WELL-LIKED AND ATHLETIC CHILD WHO LOVED HIS TEACHERS, FRIENDS AND SCHOOL. THE FAMILY ALSO SHARED THAT IN HIS PASSING, HE WILL BE GIVING THE SELFLESS GIFT OF ORGAN DONATION AS THE ROADSIDE MEMORIAL TO TEN YEAR OLD JACK GROWS HERE. A STATE LAWMAKER TELLS ME THAT SHE TOO IS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC HERE ON HIGHWAY 67 AND IS PROPOSING A BIG CHANGE TO HELP. STATE REPRESENTATIVE BARB DITTRICH TOLD ME BY PHONE SHE’S DEMANDING A MEETING WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE HIGHWAY 67 SAFER HERE, POSSIBLY WITH A ROUNDABOUT. A DOT DATABASE SHOWS THE INTERSECTION ALONE HAS SEEN AT LEAST SEVEN CRASHES SINCE 2021. ONE OF THEM WITH INJURIES. AND NOW THIS FATALITY. >> THIS IS THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK. YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY CAN’T ABIDE THIS ANYMORE. WHEN WE’RE LOSING A TEN YEAR OLD CHILD ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL, THIS IS IT. >> WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT BEFORE WHEN WE WERE DRIVING AND STOPPING, AND WE COULD SEE HOW A SPEEDING CAR, SOMEONE NOT LOOKING THE RIGHT WAY. IT’S GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PERHAPS THEY SHOULD PUT IT IN A ROUNDABOUT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT’S GOING TO DETER THAT. >> POSSIBLY AN ANSWER. FOR A COMMUNITY LOOKING FOR SOME IN OCONOMOWOC NICK BOHR WISN 12 NEWS. >> MORE DETAILS ON THE CRASH. JACK’S OLDER BROTHER AND SISTER WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT CAR CRASH. THEY WERE. THEY WEREN’T SERIOUSLY INJURED. BUT POLICE RIGHT NOW ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER T
Family of 10-year-old boy killed in Lac La Belle crash says he will donate organs
Boy’s siblings who were in the front seat of the white SUV were injured
Updated: 10:21 PM CDT Mar 26, 2026
The family of the 10-year-old boy who died Wednesday in a crash in Lac La Belle said he will be an organ donor.The Oconomowoc Area School District sent a letter to families Thursday about the crash and the victims.The letter identified the child who died as Jack Oudenhoven, a fourth-grade student at Meadow View Elementary. His family said that “Jack was a smart, well-liked, and athletic child who loved his teachers, friends, and school.” The district said the 16-year-old driver and a front seat passenger who were injured were Jack’s siblings, Levi and Reaghan Oudenhoven, who attend Oconomowoc High School. The crash happened about 7 a.m. on Highway 67 at McMahon Road in Lac La Belle. An SUV, driven by a 34-year-old, slammed into the back of the white SUV while the 16-year-old was waiting to turn left onto McMahon Road. “This is a heartbreaking situation, and I can’t express how deeply sorry I am for the Oudenhoven family’s loss. Our school community is here to support the students, staff members, and families impacted by this tragedy,” the district said in the letter.No one has been cited or arrested in the case. Top HeadlinesSearch warrant: Woman stabbed 107 times in Milwaukee, dead for daysWhere to watch Milwaukee Brewers games on TV in 202610-year-old boy killed in crash near Oconomowoc
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. —
The family of the 10-year-old boy who died Wednesday in a crash in Lac La Belle said he will be an organ donor.
The Oconomowoc Area School District sent a letter to families Thursday about the crash and the victims.
The letter identified the child who died as Jack Oudenhoven, a fourth-grade student at Meadow View Elementary.
His family said that “Jack was a smart, well-liked, and athletic child who loved his teachers, friends, and school.”
The district said the 16-year-old driver and a front seat passenger who were injured were Jack’s siblings, Levi and Reaghan Oudenhoven, who attend Oconomowoc High School.
The crash happened about 7 a.m. on Highway 67 at McMahon Road in Lac La Belle.
An SUV, driven by a 34-year-old, slammed into the back of the white SUV while the 16-year-old was waiting to turn left onto McMahon Road.
“This is a heartbreaking situation, and I can’t express how deeply sorry I am for the Oudenhoven family’s loss. Our school community is here to support the students, staff members, and families impacted by this tragedy,” the district said in the letter.
No one has been cited or arrested in the case.
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