Fond du Lac fatal ambulance crash; Man sentenced, 8 years prison
David Worley appears in Fond du Lac County court for his sentencing hearing July 7, 2022. (WLUK image)
FOND DU LAC, Wis. - A drunken driver who caused a fatal crash with an ambulance in Fond du Lac has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
A judge in Fond du Lac County also ordered David Worley to spend seven years on extended supervision Thursday.
Prosecutors say the 30-year-old Theresa man ran a red light on Sept. 15, 2020 and hit the ambulance. A 21-year-old passenger in Worley's vehicle, Jonathan Bruemmer of Fond du Lac, was killed.
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Worley had to be extricated from the vehicle and was transported by helicopter to Theda Clark Regional Medical Center in Neenah for life-threatening injuries. A patient in the ambulance and two of its medical crew members were also injured.
A crash between an ambulance and vehicle at the intersection of Johnson St. and Main St. in Fond du Lac, September 15, 2020. (WLUK)
"The world lost a great soul that night due to my poor choices," Worley said at his sentencing hearing Thursday. "I’m forever sorry for what I’ve done, and with the chance at a second life, I hope my scars and pain will influence others not to make the same mistakes I have."
A blood test showed Worley’s blood alcohol concentration at 0.21%, WLUK-TV reported. The legal limit for operating a vehicle in Wisconsin is 0.08%.
Worley pleaded no contest to one count of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle last April. Two other counts were dismissed.