Katie Mathews and Elizabeth Mathews injured in collision with alleged wrong-way driver Chaze Biami, 36, on I-43 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Modified Date: 
Fri, 09/08/2017 - 12:45pm
Accident Date: 
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Woman, two kids hurt in wrong-way 'DUI' crash, sheriff's office says

Officials said the suspect, driving the wrong way, entered the freeway at Fond du Lac Avenue and hit a car with a woman and two children inside.

Driver faces multiple felonies in I-43 crash that injured woman, 2 kids

Chaze Biami, whose blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was 0.14, faces 10 potential felony charges, including three counts of driving under the influence and causing great bodily harm; three counts of operating a vehicle with a suspended license and causing great bodily harm; three counts of second-degree reckless endangerment of safety and causing injury, and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment of safety.

Dad, husband of victims in wrong-way crash says family will stick together

Mathews was in Florida when he got the call on Father's Day that his wife, Katie, 5-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and a family friend were hit by a suspected drunken driver going in the wrong direction on I-43.

"Sixty miles an hour head-on crash," Matthews said.

Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Chaze Biami
Katie Mathews
Elizabeth Mathews
Roadway: 
I-43

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