MANITOWOC, Wis. — Two Republic men face charges in connection to a crash that resulted in the death of an Iron River woman Saturday in Manitowoc County.

Manitowoc County Sheriff Dan Hartwig said in a news release Tuesday that Emily Lapointe, 29, died when the vehicle she was traveling in left the roadway on I-43 south of Schley Road in the township of Cooperstown at around 6:23 a.m. Saturday.

The sheriff said a preliminary investigation showed Corey Knepp, 33, of Republic, Michigan, was driving the vehicle when it entered the east ditch along I-43 and overturned.

Lapointe, the release said, was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Manitowoc County Coroner Curtis Green said blunt-force trauma was a contributing factor in Lapointe’s death.

Deputies from the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched at approximately 6:14 a.m. Saturday to the I-43 northbound ramp at County Highway K within the township of Kossuth for a report of two men physically fighting outside a parked 2006 Honda Accord.

Prior to deputies arriving, the men entered the vehicle and continued northbound on I43. At approximately 6:23 a.m., deputies and EMS were informed that the vehicle in question was involved in a rollover crash.

Knepp and his twin brother, Tyler Knepp, were both transported by ambulance to Aurora BayCare Medical Center in Green Bay for non-life threatening injuries.

The Knepp twins were arrested for possession of drugs as a repeater, possession of drug paraphernalia as a repeater and disorderly conduct. Both remained in Manitowoc County Jail on a $2,500 cash bail following a bail hearing on Monday.