An 18-year-old driver was killed on Milwaukee's south side Sunday night after a car fleeing police slammed into the vehicle they were driving, according to police. A 28-year-old woman riding in the vehicle pursued by police was hospitalized with serious injuries, and the suspected fleeing driver, a 36-year-old man, was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for treatment.
Milwaukee police said an innocent driver was killed by a car fleeing officers Sunday night on the city's south side, according to TMJ4 News. Police said officers first spotted a car driving recklessly near South 23rd Street and West Greenfield Avenue around 10:09 p.m. They later located it near South Muskego Avenue and West Mitchell Street and tried to pull it over. The driver fled, beginning the pursuit.
Chase Ends in Deadly Crash at Layton and Greenfield
The pursuit came to an end several blocks away when the fleeing vehicle struck another car at South Layton Boulevard and West Greenfield Avenue, per police. The 18-year-old driver of that second vehicle died at the scene. A 28-year-old woman riding in the fleeing vehicle was hospitalized with serious injuries, police said.
Police said the suspected driver, a 36-year-old man, was taken into custody and transported to a hospital for treatment following the collision. Officers also found drugs during the arrest, according to police. The investigation into the crash remains ongoing, and no further details about potential charges have been released.
A Pattern of Deadly Pursuits in Milwaukee
Sunday's crash is not an isolated case in Milwaukee, where fleeing drivers have repeatedly collided with uninvolved motorists in recent weeks. Just two weeks earlier, on Oct. 19, a vehicle fleeing Milwaukee police crashed into another car near North 30th Street and West Center Street, killing a 28-year-old bystander driver, according to TMJ4 News. In that pursuit, the suspect vehicle's 40-year-old male driver and 36-year-old female passenger were taken into custody after receiving medical care for non-fatal injuries, the outlet reported.
A separate pursuit involving Greenfield police also ended in a fatal Milwaukee crash, with the fleeing driver crashing just east of 13th Street and Layton Avenue at 2:05 a.m. and dying at the scene, according to wisn.com. Citywide numbers suggest these incidents are part of a broader trend: nine police chases resulted in fatalities last year, and six of those killed were not the suspects officers were pursuing, per a TMJ4 report on a separate deadly chase near 27th and Highland. A snippet from the City of Milwaukee's 2025 vehicle-pursuit report states that, among 60 pursuits in which a third party was injured, 50 ended in crashes, though the full scope of that figure was not detailed in the available excerpt.
Milwaukee police have not released additional information about the condition of the 28-year-old passenger injured Sunday night, and it remains unclear whether the suspected driver will face charges. The investigation into the crash at Layton Boulevard and Greenfield Avenue continues.
