A 45-year-old Madison woman who was previously convicted of killing a girl in a drunken driving crash is facing a third charge of operating while intoxicated.
UW-Madison Police arrested the suspect Lori Kasten early Saturday morning for a third-offense OWI.
Kasten was driving the wrong way on Highway 12-18 and hit another vehicle in 1996, according to court records. The crash killed 11-year-old Katie James.
Kasten was then convicted of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and was sentenced to nine years in prison.
Kasten was already on parole for causing injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, UW-Madison Police Officer Brent Plisch said.
A concerned citizen said Kasten had gotten her vehicle stuck on a curb in a UW parking lot. Kasten was revving her vehicle's engine, trying to free the vehicle when police arrived, Plisch said.
