ミルウォーキーのバス運転手が、運転中に眠り込み2024年クリスマスの日に79歳の歩行者を死亡させたとして懲役2年の判決を受けた。モントレル・ファームは、車両の過失運転致死罪と重大身体傷害を負わせる無謀運転罪で争わず有罪を認めた。事件は、北47thストリートとビラード・アベニュー付近でバスがロバート・クレモンズに衝突した際に発生した。
2024年12月25日午後11時過ぎ、ミルウォーキー郡交通システム（MCTS）の53歳の運転手モントレル・ファームが運転するバスが、ウィスコンシン州ミルウォーキーのノース47thストリートとビラード・アベニューの交差点で自転車レーンに逸脱し、停車中の車両と歩行者に衝突する前に停車中の車両に衝突した。バスは自転車レーンに逸脱した後、停車車両に衝突し、歩行者に当たり、その後本線に戻ってノース48thストリートとビラード付近で停止したものと思われるが、詳細は以下の通りである。
Douglas Proehl, a 69-year-old Wisconsin man, pleaded not guilty to charges including homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle after a January crash that killed 17-year-old Chloe Bishop and injured her father. Police reported his blood alcohol content was 0.115, more than the legal limit, and he appeared more concerned about his new truck than the victims. He remains in custody after a judge denied a bond reduction.
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A bus driver has been convicted of negligent homicide by the Eutin District Court. While turning at Eutin train station, he overlooked an 85-year-old woman crossing the street with her walker. Police are calling for measures to address this accident hotspot.
Kirk Johnson, a 46-year-old man from Wisconsin, faces homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle charge after a crash that killed 56-year-old Kimberly Clark. The collision occurred Saturday in Eau Claire County as Clark and another woman drove home from a funeral. Johnson allegedly had a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit.
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A Minnesota judge has extended the prison sentence for Derrick Thompson, convicted in a high-speed crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis in 2023. Thompson now faces about 64 years total behind bars after federal sentencing on drug and firearm charges. The ruling came this week following his state conviction last July.