L-R, Elysia Kust, Mary Ann Kust (Images courtesy of Regan Dahnert)
MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A jury acquitted Scott Mathis in connection with a fatal crash which killed two people.
The jury returned the verdicts Wednesday on two counts of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle for the June 2, 2024, crash which killed Elysia Kust and Mary Ann Kust, court records show.
According to the criminal complaint, witnesses told officers on scene that Mathis ran a stop sign at the town of Grover intersection.
Mathis told deputies he was driving south on County W when his phone went off. He reached down to grab it and when he looked up, he had ran the stop sign and struck another vehicle, the complaint reads.
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