The driver faces several charges including OWI
Last Friday night, shortly after 9 p.m., the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received a report of a single vehicle crash near W8146 Millis Road in the Town of Whitewater.
When deputies arrived on scene, they confirmed a truck had failed to negotiate a curve and struck a tree, according to a press release from the sheriff’s department.
The driver, Sergio Alvarez, 35, of rural Whitewater, faces several charges related to the June 4 crash including operating while intoxicated.
There were also three passengers in the vehicle, all from the Whitewater area: Camillo Martinez Gonzalez, 40; Noe De Jesus Arias Polo, 27; and Adan Graciano Gonzalez, 33.
All four subjects were able to free themselves from the vehicle, the release states. The Whitewater Fire Department treated the driver and occupants for injuries sustained on scene prior to all four people being transported to area hospitals.
Alvarez was arrested by deputies for several traffic crimes, with the following charges having been referred to the Walworth County District Attorney’s Office: operating after revocation causing great bodily harm, operating while intoxicated – 4th offense, injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle; and failure to install an ignition interlock device.
According to the sheriff’s office, Alvarez was released from custody on June 7 after posting bond.
