A Wittenberg man is dead after a traffic accident in Shawano County.

Sheriff's deputies say 71-year-old Roger Schrank was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Highway 45 in the town of Aniwa, south of Antigo.

They say Schrank was driving a motorhome when he tried to pass in a no passing zone just before 6:30pm evening.

He crashed into an oncoming semi tractor trailer.

The semi driver suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Highway 45 was closed for several hours after the wreck.