Charges have been filed in connection with a fatal crash in Monroe County

VILLAGE OF OAKDALE, Wis. (WEAU) – Charges were filed following: fatal accident in the village of Oakdale on Friday, November 1.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a vehicle was traveling in a construction zone on Interstate 90 near the Village of Oakdale when it was rear-ended late Friday night. The driver, identified as 25-year-old Isaac Morales Jr., then lost control of the vehicle and struck the surface equipment. The construction worker driving the road paving machine, identified as 35-year-old Andrzej Skupniewitz, died on the spot.

In an updated press release from the Sheriff’s Office, Morales was arrested and booked into the Monroe County Jail on November 2.

Morales was charged with first-degree reckless homicide, manslaughter by operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, knowingly operating a vehicle while revoked causing both death and serious bodily injury, reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, driving under the influence injury, and possession of THC .

Cash bond was set at $250,000 with certain conditions. An opening statement is scheduled for December 16 at 9 a.m