The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office says, Nowak had a BAC of .241 in his blood when he crashed with a semi-truck in Oak Creek early last month.
By H. Nelson Goodson
Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
January 4, 2024
Oak Creek, Wisconsin - On Thursday, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that toxicology results indicated that off-duty Milwaukee Police Officer James N. Nowak, 30, was driving under the influence (DUI) and had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .241, three times the legal limit of .08 in Wisconsin.
Nowak, an off-duty Milwaukee Police Officer passed away at Froedtert Hospital after suffering critical and life-threatening injuries on December 3, 2023 in a crash with a semi-truck and his vehicle.
According to Oak Creek police, Nowak's vehicle crashed with a semi-truck that was making a u-turn and his vehicle became partially wedged underneath the rear of a semi-truck when the accident occurred at the 6600 block of Pennsylvania Ave. in Oak Creek.
Nowak who was the only passenger in the vehicle suffered critical injuries and was extricated from his vehicle and transported to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee where he was placed in a life-support machine, but eventually succumbed to his injures.
Nowak was declared deceased due to head trauma causing irreversible brain damage (brain dead/minimal function).
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office pronounced Nowak deceased on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 8:45 p.m. after he was disconnected from a life-support machine when organ recipients were found. Nowak was an organ donor.
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