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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Victims of alleged drunk driving accident identified

The names of the three victims killed in the alleged drunk driving accident were made public early Friday.

Marcus Johnson, 19, of Milwaukee, was killed while outside of the vehicle. He moved to St. Paul, Minn., to pursue a career in acting/producing as well as martial arts and boxing, according to channel3000.com.

Channel3000.com also reported 23-year old Wilfredo Ugarte of Puerto Rico and 20-year-old Elysia Rapp of Racine, Wis, were killed in the crash.

The three victims were killed when an alleged drunk driver rear-ended the car, which was at a stop on the median shoulder of I-39/90 near Madison early Thursday.

The names of the two other uninjured passengers were not yet released.

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