By Ben Poston of the Journal Sentinel
A Waukesha man has been arrested for driving drunk and killing a woman in a stalled vehicle early Saturday, according to the Waukesha Police Department.
The driver, Edgar Montano, 28, struck a car that had run out of gas near the intersection of Highway 59 and E. Broadway, police said. A female victim was ejected from the stalled vehicle and later died at Waukesha Memorial Hospital. Another victim was treated at the hospital and released. Police have not identified the victims.
Waukesha police Lt. Kevin Kober said Montano fled from the scene and was found a short time later and arrested Saturday night.
Waukesha police said they would seek charges of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle and hit and run, causing death.
About Ben Poston
Ben Poston is the Journal Sentinel's investigative reporter focusing on database and mapping analysis. He joined the newspaper in June 2007 and has written about weaknesses in the region's tornado warning system, inspection delays for dangerous dams and convicted felons who obtain gun hunting licenses. Previously, he worked as a data analyst at the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting in Columbia, Mo. Prior to that, he worked for three years as a reporter for Cox Newspapers in Ohio. Poston worked for a year as a freelance reporter on a wrongful conviction murder case in Southeastern Missouri that was published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He wrote stories from Mississippi detailing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that won a 2006 Best of Cox Newspapers Award. Poston holds a bachelor's degree in international studies from Miami University (Ohio) and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, where he focused on database, mapping and social network analysis. He can be reached at bposton@journalsentinel.com or (414) 224-2572.
