Alcohol and speed were “significant contributing factors” to the Aug. 27 Midvale Boulevard crash that killed three UW-Madison students.
Dane County Coroner John Stanley confirmed Tuesday that 22-year-old Richard Putze of Milwaukee was the driver of the car that crashed into a tree on Midvale between Mineral Point Road and Regent Street and that Putze had a blood alcohol content of 0.144, almost two times the legal limit of 0.08 in Wisconsin.