Man admits to driving drunk, causing crash that killed Twin Cities restaurateur

A driver has admitted that he was drunk when he struck and killed a prominent Twin Cities restaurateur on a motorcycle last spring.

Andre Lamont Mathews, 34, of Brooklyn Park, pleaded guilty Wednesday to homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle in connection with the deadly April 2025 crash on I-94 in Hudson, Wisconsin.

Investigators determined that Mathews “attempted to overtake traffic by using the right shoulder,” then hit the guardrail, veered back into the flow of traffic, and crashed into a motorcycle driven by Blue Plate Restaurant Company co-founder David Burley, 58…

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