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Driver ID’d in fatal crash after police chase

The driver of a car being followed by a police car after a failed traffic stop was killed Wednesday morning when the car crashed at Williamson and Ingersoll streets, UW-Madison police Sgt. Aaron Chapin said.

The driver was identified as Michael J. Benkert, 24, of Waunakee, who was pronounced dead at the scene by the Dane County deputy coroner.