GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — The suspect in a fatal hit and run crash was allegedly drunk — with a breath test showing a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit, according to the criminal complaint.
Trevor Scheel, 23, was charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and hit and run resulting in death. An initial court appearance is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Police on Thursday identified the victim as Roselita Helms, 73, of Green Bay.
Police responded to the crash at W. Mason Street and 16th Avenue about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, after a woman was struck by a vehicle.
A witness described seeing a BMW go past him at a high rate of speed.
“(The witness) saw the car hit a female who was crossing the street, causing her to fly approximately 10 feet in the air and then strike the ground,” the complaint states. “(The witness) saw that the car did not attempt to brake, slow down, or stop before striking the woman.”
Scheel was arrested at Mason and Clay streets a short time after the crash.
“I was an alcoholic last year, almost four months being sober, and I went to the casino today and had two vodka red bulls,” the complaint quotes Scheel as saying.
A preliminary breath test revealed a blood alcohol level of .222, nearly three times the legal limit of. 08.
During the field sobriety test, Scheel repeatedly said “you got me I did it,” and later said “I killed someone.”
The victim’s husband told police his wife may have been crossing Mason Street to get to a mailbox.
