Overview
- Authorities say Jorge Alvarez Mathuzima, 39, drove south in I-43’s northbound lanes near the Marquette Interchange before striking her SUV by Greenfield Avenue around 4:24 a.m. Sunday.
- Toxicology testing measured his blood alcohol content at 0.1569, nearly twice Wisconsin’s legal limit.
- He faces counts including first-degree reckless homicide of an unborn child, homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle involving an unborn child, first-degree reckless injury, and OWI causing injury.
- Court records show a $100,000 bond, a not guilty plea at an initial appearance, and a preliminary hearing set for Nov. 5 at the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.
- The 33-year-old suffered multiple fractures and a severe laceration, her fetus was pronounced dead at a hospital, a deputy injured a hand during the rescue, and officials report more than 200 wrong-way incidents on county freeways this year.