Archive for July, 2009

The Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office declared Justin Montes brain dead yesterday, after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on the south side of Milwaukee.

At approximately 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Montes and two other individuals were standing near a

Solano, driving a black Ford Tempo, struck Montes and another bystander before continuing down the road.

The third bystander, Montes’ brother, said one victim was thrown to the ground while 17-year-old Justin remained on the car’s hood and windshield until falling off when the car came to a stop.

Solano was arrested at his home. His BAC was recorded as 0.12, but a toxicologist had estimated his BAC was 0.18 at the time of the accident.

Solano was charged with two counts of injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle causing great bodily harm. One of those counts could be upgraded as a result of Montes’ death. Solano was also charged with two counts of failing to do his duty upon striking an occupied or attended vehicle and two counts of operating without a license.

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A Marinette man accused of drunken driving in a crash that killed five people near Peshtigo in Marinette County has pleaded not guilty to 21 felony charges, including multiple counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle.

The accident killed 44-year-old Joel Rivas and four of his family members. Two members of Rivas’ family were also pregenant at the time of the accident.

According to an accident reconstruction specialist, Powell’s truck was traveling 30 mph over the speed limit when it hit the car carrying Rivas and his family.

The maximum penalty for these charges is 420 years in prison and a $1.6 million fine.

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A 12-year-old Germantown boy was hit by a car while riding his bicycle in Germantown yesterday evening.

According to the Fire Department, the child suffered several broken bones and lacerations. He was transported to Children’s Hospital by Flight for Life helicopter.

Germantown police is still investigating. If you have any information that might help police in the investigation, please contact the Germantown Police Department.

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The Indiana truck driver blamed in a fatal accident that killed five bus passengers returning from a band competition is asking for leniency on charges of falsifying his driving log.

Michael Kozlowski is awating sentencing from U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Crabb on five counts of using a trucking log that contained false entries. Kozlowski’s attorney asked the judge to impose a probation sentence rather than prison time.

According to his log, Kozlowski said he was sleeping or resting in his truck on five days in 2005 when evidence shows he was driving.

Kozloskiw fell asleep at the wheel and his rig overturned after he swerved back onto I-94. A bus carrying a high school band crashed into the truck, killing 5 and injuring 28.

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A car accident in Brown County sent five people to the hopsital early this morning.

A female driver was eastbound on County B and crossed the centerline colliding head-on with a westbound car carrying four people. One patient was taken from the scene in the EAGLE III helicopter, three were taken to a local hospital via ambulance and one was taken via squad car.

Police say alcohol may have played a role.

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Rock County investigators are searching for three occupants of a Pontiac Grand-Am involved in a multi-car hit-and-run accident on US 51 in the town of Rock, Wis.

According to the Rock County Sheriff’s Office, the Grand Am was northbound on US 51 before it veered across the center-line and struck 36-year-old Sandra Willams and her 11-year-old passenger. The collision sent Willams’ car into the northbound lanes where it struck a semi-tractor trailer driven by Andrew Carlson, 63. The debris from collisions damaged another semi-truck driven by Ronald Krueger of Kenosha.

Three of the four occupants fled the scene before police arrived.

Willams and her passenger were treated for minor injuries and released. Authorities believe alcohol and reckless driving factored into the accident.

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Homicide charges were filed yesterday in the death of 18-year-old Emily Hughes, a Sheboygan gas station clerk who was killed when a van crashed into the store where she was working.

Authorities say 32-year-old Jeremy Pfister of Sheboygan had just filled up. He was backing up his van to pick up his wife at the gas station door and backed into the wall. Hughes was pinned underneath the vehicle and later died at a local hospital.

Pfister originally told authorities that the brakes on his 2008 minivan were to blame for sending his vehicle through the store’s wall. However, earlier this week, Pfister came clean and told police that he had just moved his child to the back seat, got into the passenger side of the van and tried to operate the van using his left foot to operate the gas and brake pedal.

Authorities determined Hughes’ death was a homicide after carefully reconstructing the scene, investigating the van and reviewing the surveillance tape.

He is facing negligent operation of a vehicle.

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Warning to Wisconsin shoppers: Keep a watchful eye out for Tanimura & Antle Inc. Lettuce of Salinas, Cal. The California lettuce grower has recalled 22,000 cartons of romaine lettuce. The manufacturer is concerned that the lettuce may be tainted with salmonella.

Wisconsin, along with 28 other states, received the shipments of potentially tainted romaine lettuce. The crop in question has the lot code 531380 and was harvested between June 25 and July 2.

Salmonella may cause diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration. It may also be fatal in young children, the elderly or those with weakened immune systems.

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A 54-year-old La Crosse woman was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries after a car-truck accident at 16th and Denton streets at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

The force of the collision pushed the car into a city bus shelter and finally into the front steps of a house at the southeast corner of the intersection. The house itself was not damaged. The truck driver refused medical treatment.

A La Crosse Fire Department crew extricated the woman from her car with hydraulic tools and a Sawzall saw, according to the fire department. Details about the accident were not available Sunday night.

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A 28-year-old man was killed in a fatal crash early Monday morning.

Milwaukee police said the 30-year-old female driver was speeding near Sherman Boulevard and Custer Avenue when the car went airborne and hit a tree.

The woman was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Her passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said they believe alcohol was a factor in the crash.

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