DARLINGTON - A Wisconsin man was charged Wednesday with vehicular homicide for killing an Iowa man in a collision while intoxicated in the Town of Gratiot on Sept. 24.
John Drew Brewington, 23, Salem, faces a Class D felony charge of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and a Class G felony charge of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle.
He was also cited on Tuesday on a first-offense charge driving while intoxicated and for driving left of the center line.
Brewington was charged after an investigation into the collision on Sept. 24, when a head-on crash claimed the life of Cameron J. Paddock, 22, Monticello, Iowa.
According to police reports, the collision was reported at approximately 2 a.m. in the 14000 block of Wisconsin 11, Town of Gratiot. When officers arrived on scene, they found Paddock severely injured in his vehicle, which had been knocked into an adjacent field.
A passenger in Paddock's vehicle, Monika L. Gorham, 23, Roscoe, Illinois, also sustained minor injuries. Gorham told police she was Paddock's fiancee.
Brewington, meanwhile, was found injured in his own vehicle. He claimed that he had drunk two cans of Coors Light, but appeared noticeably intoxicated, according to the report.
Brewington also said he thought he had only struck a deer.
Police deduced that the intoxicated Brewington had swerved into the oncoming lane, which Paddock was unable to evade in time. The speed limit at the location of the crash is 55 mph.
Paddock was transported to the Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Brewington and Gorham were treated for their injuries at Lafayette County Memorial Hospital and were subsequently released.
Brewington signed a $50,000 signature bond on Sept. 30 with conditions that he neither drink nor purchase alcohol nor enter a building whose primary purpose is the sale of alcohol.
Brewington's initial appearance is scheduled to take place Oct. 17. The maximum possible sentence for his charges is 20 years in prison.
John Drew Brewington, 23, Salem, faces a Class D felony charge of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and a Class G felony charge of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle.
He was also cited on Tuesday on a first-offense charge driving while intoxicated and for driving left of the center line.
Brewington was charged after an investigation into the collision on Sept. 24, when a head-on crash claimed the life of Cameron J. Paddock, 22, Monticello, Iowa.
According to police reports, the collision was reported at approximately 2 a.m. in the 14000 block of Wisconsin 11, Town of Gratiot. When officers arrived on scene, they found Paddock severely injured in his vehicle, which had been knocked into an adjacent field.
A passenger in Paddock's vehicle, Monika L. Gorham, 23, Roscoe, Illinois, also sustained minor injuries. Gorham told police she was Paddock's fiancee.
Brewington, meanwhile, was found injured in his own vehicle. He claimed that he had drunk two cans of Coors Light, but appeared noticeably intoxicated, according to the report.
Brewington also said he thought he had only struck a deer.
Police deduced that the intoxicated Brewington had swerved into the oncoming lane, which Paddock was unable to evade in time. The speed limit at the location of the crash is 55 mph.
Paddock was transported to the Mercy Medical Center in Dubuque, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Brewington and Gorham were treated for their injuries at Lafayette County Memorial Hospital and were subsequently released.
Brewington signed a $50,000 signature bond on Sept. 30 with conditions that he neither drink nor purchase alcohol nor enter a building whose primary purpose is the sale of alcohol.
Brewington's initial appearance is scheduled to take place Oct. 17. The maximum possible sentence for his charges is 20 years in prison.