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Mark Sleger was driving home from work when he saw dark movement off to his left at the intersection of East Johnson Street and Fordem Avenue. It was a car with its headlights out, flying through the air toward his truck. The reckless driver had turned off his lights and accelerated when Maple Bluff police started to chase.
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Columbia County resident Mark Sleger's truck was totaled after a reckless driver being chased by Maple Bluff police crashed into him in Madison. Sleger said the crash tore the rear axle of his truck off the suspension. "That’s how violent the impact was," he said.
MAPLE BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT
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In April 2025, a suspect who was being chased by Monona police crashed into three vehicles at a stoplight, including Jeimy Aleman's van. Aleman's 5-year-old son and husband were injured in the crash, and their van was totaled.
JEIMY ALEMAN
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Madison resident Jeimy Aleman said her now-6-year-old son Dillon was scared to ride in cars for a long time after the crash. He feared another vehicle would collide with them, like it did with their family van.
JEIMY ALEMAN
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Madison resident Michelle Drea displays a surgery scar on her right arm, which was injured when the SUV she was driving was hit by another vehicle being chased by Maple Bluff police in 2023.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Michelle Drea said the car that landed on her SUV while she and her 16-year-old daughter were driving was six inches away from killing them. Her daughter suffered bruises while Drea had nerve damage in her right arm. The family's SUV was a total loss. Drea's insurance covered the vehicle, but it wasn't enough to fully cover the cost of a replacement.
MICHELLE DREA
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Michelle Drea walks through her neighborhood in Madison on July 30. Drea suffered nerve damage in her right arm during a 2023 pursuit-related crash. When she would go out for runs afterward, her right arm would go numb, then slowly — and painfully — wake back up. She has been going on walk-jogs since the crash instead.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Madison resident Michelle Drea is frustrated that Maple Bluff police continue to conduct dangerous, high-speed pursuits even after she and her daughter were injured in one while driving through Madison. She doesn't think Maple Bluff police should be able to override Madison's more restrictive policy that limits pursuits.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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