WAUKESHA - Two of the families affected by the crash that killed
two people and an unborn child, and injured another person in
Oconomowoc on April 25 are suing the man accused of causing the
collision by driving while intoxicated.
The families of former Oconomowoc High School Associate Principal
Jennifer Bukosky and her daughter, Courtney Bella, and unborn child,
Sophia, as well as that of Deborah Gibbs, a 10-year-old girl injured
in the crash, filed suit against former Dr. Mark Benson just before
11 a.m. Wednesday.
Bukosky was northbound at a stoplight on Highway 67 at Pabst Road
on April 25 when Benson, allegedly intoxicated by prescription
medications, slammed his Cadillac Escalade into the back of the car
carrying Bukosky, the children and unborn child. Bukosky was
pronounced dead the scene, and Bella, 10, was disconnected from life
support the next day. Gibbs was released from the hospital a week
later. Another child, Zachary Bella, 12, sustained minor injuries.
Benson was charged with three counts of homicide by the
intoxicated use of a vehicle, as well as two counts of causing
injury by operating while intoxicated and operating after
revocation. He was ordered held on $1 million cash bail. The
revocation charge stemmed from Benson driving two days after his
license was revoked for his third OWI, court records indicated.
