MILWAUKEE COUNTY (WITI) -- 28-year-old Katelyn Kramsky -- charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident in which a pedestrian, David Stefanik was seriously injured, has been sentenced in the case against her.
A judge ruled on Thursday, August 7th Kramsky will spend 15 months in prison, and will serve 36 months of extended supervision.
Katelyn Kramsky
Kramsky pleaded guilty to a felony charge of injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle. Two other charges against her were dismissed: a felony charge of injury by use of a vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration, and a felony charge of hit-and-run involving great bodily harm.
The hit-and-run incident occurred on November 10th.
27-year-old David Stefanik was attempting to cross Brady Street with a group of friends when he was struck by Kramsky.
"Everyone froze. It was surreal. We didn't think he really got hit. He hit the windshield, went on top of the car and she didn't stop," Ryan Kernen said.
According to the criminal complaint, an officer on patrol on N. Farwell Ave. noticed a car disregard a red traffic signal at Farwell and Brady Streets just after 2 a.m. The officer noticed the car had "severe damage to the vehicle's windshield." When the officer conducted a traffic stop, he noticed Kramsky was the driver and he "detected an odor of alcohol on her breath and saw that her eyes were watery."
The complaint says the officer asked Kramsky what happened and she replied, "I don't know. I hit someone on Brady Street."
When the officer asked Kramsky if she had been drinking, she replied, "Yes, I should not have been driving."
According to the complaint, Kramsky was asked to perform standard sobriety tests and the officer "observed signs of impairment."
Shortly after Kramsky was pulled over, the complaint indicates officers responded to E. Brady St. and N. Arlington Pl. They located a man "lying in the roadway."
He was treated by Milwaukee firefighters and taken to Froedtert Hospital. The victim apparently suffered a compound fracture to his leg, a skull fracture, blood on the brain and head trauma.
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