Polk County crash claims life of Downing man

AMERY — A Downing man has lost his life in a one-vehicle accident on State Highway 46 south of Amery.

The Polk County Sherriff’s office received a call at 3:04 a.m. on February 27 of a vehicle overturned in the ditch on Highway 46 just north of 35th Avenue in the Polk County Township of Black Brook.

According to a report from the Polk County Sheriff’s office, the first officer that arrived at the scene of the accident noticed a small fire, which the officer was able to extinguish. The officer located one occupant in the vehicle with no signs of life.

Chazz L. Hiben, 21, according to the report was traveling north on STH 46 a very high rate of speed when he lost control of his 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The investigation stated that the vehicle began to rotate in a counter clockwise direction and left the west side of the roadway. The vehicle then overturned, striking trees in the ditch where the vehicle came to rest.

Hiben was a 2013 Boyceville High School graduate.

Hiben was extricated from the vehicle and was pronounced dead by the Polk County Medial Examiner

Assisting the Polk County Sheriff’s Department at the scene was the Amery Police, Fire and EMS. The crash remains under investigation by the Polk County Sheriff and Medical Examiner’s Office.

Funeral services for Chazz will be held on Saturday, March 5th at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Boyceville with visitation being from 3 to 7 p.m. at the church.