Driver in fatal Middleton crash heading to trial

MADISON, Wis. — The 25-year-old woman accused of turning left onto Branch Street in Middleton and killing a pedestrian last month is heading to trial, online court records show.

Tanna Torrez-Centeno, of Middleton, told police she looked west on Century Avenue to watch for incoming traffic but was not looking in the direction she was turning. The crash occurred before 6 a.m. on April 23.

Esperanza Cruz Herbas de Alpire was pronounced dead at 8:16 a.m. at the scene, but the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed Herbas de Alpire died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash with blunt force trauma to the head…

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