Fatal crash into the Kenosha building; The accused driver reaches plea deal

Kenosha, Wis. – – A pleasant prairie man who was accused in connection with a fatal crash of Kenosha in July 2023 achieved a plea on Monday, May 5th.

Ajay Pierangeli joined a guilty plea for two charges for murder through intoxicating use of a vehicle on Monday. Two further charges for injury were released and read for the purpose of conviction in the court files.

Pierangeli is to be convicted on July 11th.

Kenosha Truck Crash

What we know:

The Kenosha police responded to an accident with injuries in the game on July 28, 2023 at around 3:30 a.m.

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When the officials arrived at the scene, they discovered a pickup truck partly in the shop front. Four people in the truck were passed out, and a fifth person in the front seat was vigilant, consciously and breathes. Due to the serious damage of the vehicle, the officials of the complaint could not open the doors on the driver's side.

Kenosha firefighters removed the passengers Dylan Zamora and Jenna Barrette from the truck. They both died on site. The driver Pierangeli was removed and taken to a hospital. The fourth passenger was also hospitalized.

The officials spoke to this fourth passenger who said that he and his friends were in a “hangout” and stated. The passenger also informed the police that he had no seat belt and did not believe that someone was in the truck. The passenger said about 20 minutes after the start of the journey, Pierangeli drove east in the 75th Street and lost control of the truck and crashed, “said the complaint -” However, it was not with a high speed rate. “When the officer asked the passenger how the truck collapsed into the building, the complaint said, he told them he did not know that they crashed against a building.

A witness, who happened to be an ambulance company, told the police, who raced from a intersection and, according to the complaint, be “partially in her lane”. The witness estimated that the truck “drove 70 miles per hour and that the ambulance drove around 40 to 45 miles per hour and pulled away from the collection”. The witness also told the police “he remembers that the vehicle, which swung very hard from the right lane into the left lane, then jumped in the air in the air when the back of the front went into the air.”

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A second outpatient client gave a similar explanation of the person's actions that drive the pickup.

The complaint states that a legal blood sample was withdrawn by the accused. The doctors informed the investigators Pierangeli's blood alcohol concentration was 0.282 or more than the triple of the legal limit. He also suffered a broken lung and skull fracture in the wreck, the complaint said.

Court files state that an arrest warrant for arrest Pierangeli was issued. However, the police announced Fox6 News on August 17, 2023 that he was under a police station in a hospital.

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