A Dane County judge has ruled the man accused in a wrong-way crash that killed four people on Interstate 94 near Deerfield last November is not competent to stand trial right now.
Judge Nicholas McNamara ruled Friday the criminal case against Brysen Wills be suspended. The judge also ruled Wills should be given mental evaluations every six months.
Wills, 33, is charged with multiple counts of reckless homicide, and other crimes, in the crash. Authorities say Wills was driving the wrong way on the interstate, causing a crash that killed Clenton Hall of Waterloo, Katy Pasquialini of Milwaukee, Kimberly Radtke of Pewaukee, and Patrick Wasielewski of Northbrook, Illinois. All four were under 30 years old.
In his ruling, Judge McNamara said he was not comfortable accepting one expert's opinion that Wills would never be competent to face trial. However, the prosecutor maintained another expert said it was futile to try and help Wills to competency right now.
The defendant's attorney says Wills currently lives in a brain trauma center.
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MADISON (WKOW) -- We'll find out Friday whether the man charged in the deaths of four people in a drunk driving crash near Deerfield is competent to stand trial.
Brysen Wills' lawyer says he has a brain injury from a devastating traffic crash in November. Police claim the 33-year-old was drunk and going the wrong way on I-94 near Deerfield when he crashed into two vehicles, killing four people under age 30. Clenton Hall of Waterloo, Katy Pasquialini of Milwaukee, Kimberly Radtke of Pewaukee, and Patrick Wasielewski of Northbrook, Illinois, were killed in the crash.
Wills' attorney says she's concerned about his competence to understand the legal process. So when she asked for a competency hearing, the judge agreed.
Wills has been out on bond getting treatment, but has been barred from driving and from drinking alcohol.
He has two past drunk driving convictions in Missouri.
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