Kenosha – A Trevor man is facing up to 12 years in prison for a drunken-driving crash that left one of his passengers critically injured.
Joshua D. Erickson, 22, is being held on $15,000 cash bond on a charge of injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle, along with a series of traffic offenses.
There were two passengers in the truck with Erickson. When Kenosha County Sheriff’s deputies arrived, one of the women was unconscious in the roadway, being treated by emergency personnel.
The woman was taken by helicopter to Froedtert Hospital, where medical personnel later reported that she had suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and was in extremely critical condition.
The second passenger was also taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
According to the criminal complaint, Erickson initially denied being the driver, even though the passenger with minor injuries told deputies he had been driving.
Later, after he was taken to a hospital for a blood test, he admitted he was driving and said he believed he must have hit a patch of ice on the road.
Along with the felony charge, Erickson was charged with operating while intoxicated, driving too fast for conditions, driving without insurance and having open intoxicants in a vehicle.
