'I killed somebody!': Bodycam video shown at trial shows aftermath of crash that killed MU lacrosse players

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The trial of a woman accused of causing a crash that killed two Marquette University lacrosse players continued on Tuesday, June 16. For the first time, we heard in body camera footage 42-year-old Amandria Brunner admit she killed the two MU students in the Sept. 5 crash. 

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"They're dead, they're dead," Brunner can be heard on bodycam saying. "I was turning left and they were [expletive], they ran right into me." 

The crash happened near the intersection of N. 27th Street and W. St. Paul Avenue -- killing 19-year-old Scott Michaud and 20-year-old Noah Snyder. 

In the courtroom Tuesday, Milwaukee Police Department officers responding to the crash took the stand, including one who did field sobriety tests on Brunner -- saying she failed all three. 

In the bodycam footage, Brunner says she drank two beers though her blood alcohol content came back at .133. 

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The criminal complaint states Brunner was stopped at the left turn lane and as the light turned yellow, she stepped on the accelerator, hitting the car with the MU students inside. A witness says he saw it all happen and Brunner herself admitted she shouldn't have gone through the yellow light. She was reportedly going 53 mph in a 30-mph zone. 

"This car was stopped," said Linus Oruh, witness. "It was too late, absolutely too late for her to cross! Too close!" 

"They were flying through that yellow and I didn't see them until the next light at Kilbourn," Brunner can be heard on bodycam video. "That Jeep came flying. I was like, [expletive], dude! I should've [expletive] stopped! something was [expletive] killed, dude. Oh my god. The babies are dead!" 

The student driving that car, Peter McColgan, was recently charged in the crash as well. He is on the list of witnesses the defense could call. 

As the body camera footage played in court, several people in the gallery were crying including Brunner and her family, shaking their heads as she failed her field sobriety tests. 

The victims' families and other Marquette students have also been in attendance at the trial. Many of them tearing up as video showed officers respond to the scene. 

The trial is expected to be wrapped up by Thursday, June 18. 

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