Police pursuit, crash: 2 women dead
Milwaukee police say the driver crashed into a building
Updated: June 28, 2023 at 7:52 AM CDT
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LET’S GO TO SOME NEWS THIS MORNING. TWO WOMEN ARE DEAD AFTER CRASHING INTO A BUILDING DURING A POLICE CHASE. THIS ALL HAPPENED NEAR 23RD AND HOPKINS ON MILWAUKEE’S NORTH SIDE JUST BEFORE 1:00 THIS MORNING. AND THIS MORNING, THAT’S WHERE WE FIND 12 NEWS’ MADISON MOORE. SO MADISON, WHAT DO WE KNOW NOW ABOUT THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED? YES, DEANNA 12 NEWS IS LEARNING THE TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED IN THIS CAR Wreck ARE A 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM MILWAUKEE AND A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FROM GREEN DALE. NOW, THE MILWAUKEE POLICE TELL US THAT THIS CAR CRACKED THIS VACANT BUILDING HERE IN HOPKINS ON THE 23RD AFTER FLEEING THE POLICE AND THEN GOING ON A POLICE CHASE. THIS VEHICLE LOSES CONTROL AND STALLS THIS BUILDING. NOW, YOU CAN SEE THIS WHITE VEHICLE. IT IS IN HIGH DEMAND AT THIS POINT. THE FRONT IS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZED. YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL THE DOORS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT AT THIS POINT. THERE IS ALSO A CONSTRUCTION JOB WORKING TO EDGE THIS VACANT BUILDING THAT THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE A LOT OF BROOMS ON THE ROAD. NOW WE WANT TO MAKE YOU A VIDEO THAT WE HAVE SINCE THIS MORNING. OUR 12 NEWS CAMERAS CAPTURED AS A RESULT OF THIS CHAT. NOW, THERE WERE OVER A DOZEN MILWAUKEE FIREFIGHTERS THAT YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN NOW WORKING ON THAT SMALL WHITE SUV, TRYING TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE. IN ONE MOMENT, A FIREFIGHTER IS SEEN HOLDING THE JAWS OF LIFE TOOL, THE VEHICLE WITH THIS HEAVY FRONT DAMAGE AFTER ENTERING A VACANT BUILDING. NOW YOU CAN SEE SENSE RESULTS ALL OVER THE ROAD FROM THE CAR AND THE BUILDING, WHICH APPEARS TO BE A CORNER STORE OF SOMETHING, A BIG HOLE WHERE THE CAR CRASHED. YOU CAN EVEN SEE A STACK OF BRICKS ON THE GROUND. NOW, AGAIN, this is all happening on the north face of Milwaukee. THAT’S THE 23. AND HOPKINS THIS MORNING THIS MORNING. IT IS IN THE FRANKLIN HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT FAR FROM THE UNION CEMETERY. YOU CAN SEE IT THERE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE ON THE MAP. IT’S 23RD AND HOPKINS AGAIN, DIANA. MADISON, FROM YOUR LIVE IMAGE HERE, WE CAN SEE THE CAUTION TAPE WITH THE CAR WHICH IS LITTLE, REALLY AS YOU SAY, UNWRITABLE, UNRECOGNIZED IN THE AREA. IS THERE ANY TRAFFIC IMPACT AT THIS TIME? YES. SO RIGHT NOW, HOPKINS STREET IS CLOSED FROM 22ND TO 23RD STREET. IF YOU ARE IN THE AREA THIS MORNING, TRY TO AVOID THIS AREA, TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTES. 24TH STREET IS OPEN AT THIS TIME BUT 22nd TO 23rd IS STILL CLOSED AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE MILWAUKEE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHY THIS VEHICLE WAS FLYING FROM THE POLICE, WHY THE DRIVER WAS FLYING FROM THE POLICE AND US.
Police pursuit, crash: 2 women dead
Milwaukee police say the driver crashed into a building
Updated: June 28, 2023 at 7:52 AM CDT
Milwaukee police say two women are dead after a chase and crash early Wednesday morning. An elderly Milwaukee woman and a 28-year-old Greendale woman were pronounced dead at the scene. We have reached out to Milwaukee police to find out what started the chase and have not heard back.
MILWAUKEE –
Milwaukee police say two women are dead after a chase and crash early Wednesday morning.
Milwaukee police say the driver lost control and crashed into a vacant building near 23rd Street and Hopkins Street shortly before 1 a.m.
The two occupants of the vehicle, a 20-year-old Milwaukee woman and a 28-year-old Greendale woman, were pronounced dead at the scene.
We have reached out to Milwaukee police to find out what started the chase and have not heard back.
