Milwaukee crash kills 4-year-old girl; charges filed

MILWAUKEE – A 30-year-old Milwaukee man is charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash on the city’s northwest side on Tuesday, April 30. Four-year-old Zekani Hymes-Wilson was killed in the crash. Her mother, 27-year-old Gloria Hymes, suffered serious injuries. 

The accused is Donald Crayton – and he faces the following counts: 

• Hit-and-run resulting in death
• Knowingly operating a motor vehicle while suspended causing death
• Hit-and-run resulting in great bodily harm
• Knowingly operating a motor vehicle while suspended causing great bodily harm
• Obstructing an officer
• Solicitation of fleeing/eluding an officer

Adriana Merkel, 21, is also charged in the case with fleeing/eluding police and second-degree recklessly endangering safety. 

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Police say the hit-and-run crash happened around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on N. Teutonia at Vera — just south of Good Hope. Hymes was crossing the street with her 4-year-old daughter when they were struck by a driver.  

Late Tuesday, police arrested a 30-year-old man and 21-year-old woman in connection to the hit-and-run after they crashed out during a police pursuit in Wauwatosa. 

Before the arrest, a car was found dumped along the railroad tracks at Calumet and 81st — six miles from the crash site. After the crash, cameras caught them running toward the victims before speeding away.

FOX6 News learned Crayton was convicted in 2018, of knowingly operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license that caused death.

This is a developing story.