TOMAH, Wis. (WFRV) – On March 31, 26-year-old Isaac Morales was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a deadly OWI crash that killed an interstate construction worker in western Wisconsin.
According to a release from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, Morales was sentenced to 12 years in prison for Homicide by Intoxicated Use of a Motor Vehicle.
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After Morales is released from prison, he will serve an additional 15 years of extended supervision. After the extended supervision, Morales has been ordered to serve 8.5 additional years on probation on a separate Intoxicated Use of Vehicle-Great Bodily Harm conviction.
The charges stem from a crash on November 1, 2024, where Morales sped through an interstate construction zone and hit and killed 35-year-old Andrew C. Skupniewitz of Portage. Morales reportedly had a blood alcohol concentration of .148 g/100ml.
Isaac Morales
Authorities say that Skupniewitz was operating construction equipment near the I-90/I-94 Interstate split in Tomah. During the crash, a passenger in Morales’ vehicle was also severely injured.
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Andrew was simply doing his job. Constructing and reconstructing our roadways is an incredibly important job as our roadways are vital to nearly everything we do. For Mr. Morales to kill Andrew, while Andrew was working to benefit our community, damages our entire community. More importantly than the loss to our community, is the devastation Andrew’s death causes for the Andrew’s family and his co-workers. Through his terrible choices, Mr. Morales has forever damaged and changed the lives of those who loved Andrew and stolen Andrew’s bright future. There is no sentence that can adequately address the harm Mr. Morales has caused.
District Attorney Kevin Croninger
The case was investigated by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the City of Tomah Police Department.
