GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A Green Bay man who was involved in a deadly crash this past weekend has been charged.
Shay Smyser faces one count of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one charge of causing injury while operating while under the influence.
The accident happened on Interstate 41 in the Town of Lawrence around noon Sunday.
Officials say the 29-year-old was traveling south when he lost control of his vehicle and hit another vehicle that was parked on the shoulder.
The man whose vehicle was stopped along the highway died at the scene.
Police have not released his name.
Court records show that Smyser was given a ticket for declining to take a test for intoxication.
Following Sunday’s crash, Hobart-Lawrence Police Lieutenant Dan Van Lanen says seven of Brown County’s nine fatal accidents in 2017 have involved alcohol.
Van Lanen notes alcohol has been present in at least 50% of Brown County traffic fatalities eight of the past eleven years.
