Markesan man charged with Homicide by Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle

A Markesan man has been charged in the death of a 68-year-old Markesan woman who was killed in a traffic collision last Friday, October 3, 2025, near Fairwater.

46-year-old Justen Poulson was charged Thursday with Homicide by Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle and Knowingly Operating While Revoked causing death.

The charges stem from a crash on County Highway A, near Miller Road in far eastern Green Lake County, about three miles west of the Village of Fairwater.

Poulson was driving a pick-up truck east on Miller Road and failed to stop at a stop sign for County A. The pick-up was struck by a loaded dump truck traveling north on A.

Poulsen was seriously injured and was flown to an area trauma center. Poulsen’s passenger, the 68-year-old women, died at the scene.

Poulsen is being held in the Green Lake County jail on a $50,000 cash bond and will make his Initial appearance in court Tuesday, October 14.