MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A woman was ordered Wednesday to stand trial for allegedly driving drunk, causing the crash which killed her 9-year-old granddaughter.
Monica Walker, 51, is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle for the Feb. 8 crash on I-43 which killed Tkyia Brewer. Walker’s arraignment is scheduled for March 4.
According to the complaint, Walker and Brewer were driving to Green Bay to pick up Walker’s daughter, who is Brewer’s mother. She said hit an icy patch on Interstate 43, lost control of the car, and it rolled over. Brewer, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the vehicle and died. The crash happened at about 8:40 a.m.
Walker said she started drinking about 9 p.m. Sunday night. She had a couple of beers at home, then went to a bar. She had a “few” pints of apple vodka, but stopped drinking around midnight. She said the crash was caused by her eating a hamburger while driving and the icy conditions, not because of the alcohol.
Upon her arrest, Walker said “she did not think this was fair as she did not drink this morning,” the complaint states.
A preliminary breath test showed a BAC of .092, higher than the usual limit of .08. However, because of a prior drunk driving conviction, Walker was supposed to have an ignition interlock device, and her legal driving limit was .02, the complaint states. The complaint does not indicate if the vehicle had an interlock device.
