A 20-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly driving through a Froedtert Hospital parking lot with his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend clinging to the hood of his car, authorities say. The frightening scene unfolded late Tuesday night and ended nearly 12 hours later when deputies caught up with him on a nearby highway.
The incident began around 11:47 p.m. as the man and his ex-girlfriend, of West Bend, were leaving the hospital, according to information provided by the Washington County Sheriff's Office and reported by FOX6 News Milwaukee. The two began arguing, and the man reportedly tried to stop his ex-girlfriend from getting back into the vehicle. That's when she climbed onto the hood.
Security Video Shows Car Weaving With Woman on the Hood
Security footage reportedly captured the man driving through the parking lot with the woman still on the hood, accelerating, decelerating, and weaving sharply as she held on. He eventually stopped the car and pulled her off, but the station's report says she climbed back onto the hood a second time before he forcefully removed her again and drove away from the scene.
The vehicle wasn't found again until shortly before noon Wednesday, when Germantown police located and stopped it on I-41 near County Line Road. Washington County Sheriff's deputies then took the man into custody on a charge of second-degree reckless endangering safety, per the same account.
What the Charge Carries Under Wisconsin Law
Under Wisconsin Statutes, second-degree reckless endangering safety is a Class G felony. That classification does not speak to how this particular case will play out.
A separate case involved Froedtert Hospital's parking facilities. In an unrelated case, WISN reported that nurse Carlie Beaudin was found trapped under a car and bleeding from the head in a Froedtert Hospital parking structure, a death the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office is investigating as a homicide with a 27-year-old man in custody. Nothing in the available reporting connects that case to Wednesday's incident involving the Milwaukee man and his ex-girlfriend.
