GREEN LAKE COUNTY (NBC 26) — A woman accused of crashing a UTV and killing two passengers was charged with two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle, court records indicate.
Megan Zimmerman of Markesan made her initial appearance on Tuesday morning. Cash bond was set at $5,000.
She is also charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
Zimmerman, 26, was arrested June 4, which happened on April 18 near Princeton Road and Honeysuckle Lane.
Nicole L. Deaver, 40, and Timothy L. Kamphuis, 46 — both from Fairwater — were killed in the crash.
According to a criminal complaint, security video from a hardware store showed Zimmerman arriving with a group in the UTV and stumbling as she got out of the rear driver-side seat. Minutes later, she appeared unsteady while holding two drinks before getting back behind the wheel and driving away. The complaint says this was the group’s final stop before the crash that evening.
Witness statements and cellphone data also indicate Zimmerman was driving, the complaint says. The phone data showed the UTV traveling between 59 and 63 mph in a 35 mph zone, and about 46 mph as it entered the curve where the crash occurred. A blood draw taken that night put her blood-alcohol concentration at 0.240%.
