A Sunday afternoon crash near 66th Street and Villard Avenue sent a car into a Milwaukee home and left a 16-year-old with non-fatal injuries, and now police are looking for the driver who took off. Officers say the people in the second vehicle ran from the scene before police arrived, while the injured teen was taken to a hospital for treatment. Crews briefly shut down lanes around the intersection as they cleared debris and checked the house for structural damage.
Crash details
Police say the collision happened around 1:25 p.m. Sunday when one car hit another at the intersection, driving the struck vehicle into a nearby home. The 16-year-old behind the wheel of the car that ended up in the house was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The occupants of the other vehicle fled on foot. According to FOX6 Milwaukee, investigators are asking anyone with information to call 414-935-7272 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS or through the P3 Tips app.
How to report
The Milwaukee Police Department's Office of Public Relations points residents to several non-emergency reporting options, including the department's online tip portal and its non-emergency phone line. The MPD also notes that Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous tips by phone and through the P3 Tips portal and offers a reward for tips that lead to arrests, according to MPD Public Relations. Police remind residents to call 911 only for emergencies.
Traffic safety and enforcement
The city's Traffic Safety Unit focuses on data-driven enforcement in areas with high rates of reckless driving and crash activity, coordinating targeted patrols and speed enforcement with nearby agencies. The unit says it relies on high-visibility enforcement, portable message boards and focused deployments to deter dangerous driving and cut down on serious crashes, per the unit's website at Milwaukee Police Traffic Safety Unit. Community members can report reckless driving and request enforcement information directly through the TSU site.
Milwaukee police say the investigation into Sunday's hit-and-run crash is ongoing. Detectives will be reviewing physical evidence from the scene along with any available surveillance footage as they work to identify the fleeing driver. Anyone with video or information is urged to contact investigators at the numbers listed above so they can follow up.
