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Local NewsWrong Way Freeway Driver Charged with Injury by OWI, Battery to DeputyBy Dan O'DonnellMILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County District Attorney's office charged a man with three felonies after he crashed into another driver while driving northbound in the southbound lanes of I-43 in Glendale on Sunday. Brian T. Hoy, 33, faces two counts of causing injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and one count battery to a law enforcement officer. According to a criminal complaint, Hoy crashed head-on into another car, severely injuring both the driver and passenger. As a Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputy arrested Hoy and tried to place him into the rear of his squad car, Hoy "leaned his torso into the deputy, trapping him in the rear of the squad car. The defendant then drew back and swung his head into the deputy's face, head-butting the deputy in the left cheek and eye." The deputy suffered minor injuries. Hoy registered a 0.276% blood alcohol level and was booked for his third drunk driving offense. He now faces a maximum penalty of 31 years in prison and $60,000 in fines if convicted on all three felony charges.
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