MILWAUKEE (WITI) — Milwaukee police have arrested the driver involved in the fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred early Wednesday, April 8th at N. 29th Street and W. Locust Street.
The 30-year-old Milwaukee man turned himself in to police on the evening of April 8th. MPD will present charges to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office in the coming days.
The crash occurred around 12:30 a.m.
According to police, an SUV was traveling northbound on N. 29th Street when its driver failed to stop for a stop sign and collided with a car traveling westbound on W. Locust Street. After the initial collision, the SUV hit a light pole and the car collided with a fence.
Two passengers inside the SUV, a 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old man, suffered non-life threatening injures and were transported to a local hospital. A third passenger inside the SUV, a 30-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, suffered minor injuries.
The driver of the SUV fled following the crash. He turned himself into police on April 8th.
A relative tells FOX6 News Orienthian Morris was the passenger who died in this crash. His cousin says they know who the driver is, and they’re hoping he’ll turn himself in.
“I don’t think that it was intentional. It definitely wasn’t intentional, but he can at least turn himself in and give more details so the family can get a little bit more closure,” Clarice McGowan said.
McGowan tells FOX6 News her cousin leaves behind six brothers and sisters, and six children of his own.
