22-year-old Man Charged After Criminal Report is Made Public Following Fatal Motorcycle Accident in Kaukauna
KAUKAUNA, Wis. – A guy from Kaukauna, Wisconsin, who is 22 years old, has been officially charged with killing his passenger in a motorcycle accident while he was drunk.
Local 5 News got a copy of a criminal case that says 22-year-old Zachary Burr is being charged with three felonies for something that happened on August 11.
On Sunday at about 4:30 a.m., two Kaukauna police officers were called to the corner of Taylor Street and Depot Street to help with a motorcycle crash.
When the two cops got there, they saw a damaged motorcycle and a 20-year-old woman lying in the street with a lot of blood missing from her head.
The police started saving her life right away, and they did so until emergency medical services came and took her to a nearby hospital, where she later died.
Police were told by two people who saw the crash that Burr had left the scene of the crime. After some time, the cops found Burr walking down the street with serious injuries from the crash.
When Burr talked to the Kaukauna Police Department, he said that the motorbike belonged to his brother, with whom he lived. While they were talking, the police noticed that Burr’s eyes were red and glassy. It was also said that Burr’s speech was a little slurred.
Police officers gave Burr two sobriety tests, which he passed both times. A basic breath test, on the other hand, showed that the person had a.11 breath alcohol concentration (BrAC). This led to Burr being caught.
When police interviewed Burr at the station, he said he had been talking to the woman who died at the scene for about two weeks. The report says that both of them had four alcoholic drinks while they were hanging out together.
Both Burr and the woman went to the garage to look at the motorbike. The woman said she wanted to ride it.
Burr told the police that the woman had never been on a motorbike before and that she wouldn’t wear a helmet even though he asked her to. It was also said that Burr did not wear a helmet.
Burr said he didn’t have a driver’s license or a pass for a motorcycle, but he took off with the woman and rode around the city.
Before the crash, Burr told the police that he was going about 50 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone when a peg hit the concrete and the bike went off the curb and crashed.
The lawsuit says that Burr saw the woman lying on the ground with a lot of blood all around her. He looked for a pulse but couldn’t find one. At that point, two women came to help.
He told the police that he was scared and upset, so he ran back to the motorbike and took the license plate off of it. He then allegedly ran away from the scene.