Iraq veteran pleads no contest to crash that killed 3 University of Minnesota students

Plea in Wis. crash that killed 3 Minn. Students
August 19, 2011

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Iraq veteran pleaded no contest this week to charges that he drove drunk down a Wisconsin interstate and slammed into a disabled vehicle, killing three University of Minnesota students.

Bradley Erickson, 32, entered the plea Thursday to three counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and one charge of operating while intoxicated causing injury.

The Associated Press left a message with Erickson's attorney seeking comment Friday.

The crash occurred Oct. 7 in the town of Burke, after the victims' car had pulled over with a flat tire.

The vehicle slammed into the disabled car, killing Marcus Johnson, 20, of Milwaukee; Elysia Rapp, 20, of Racine; and Wilfredo Ugarte, 23, of Puerto Rico. Johnson and Ugarte were members of the University of Minnesota's cheerleading squad.

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