Milwaukee hit-and-run; woman hit crossing street at 16th and Lincoln

MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee police are investigating a hit-and-run crash at sixteenth and Lincoln on town’s south facet that left a 61-year-old Milwaukee lady hospitalized. 

The wreck occurred round 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21. A automotive was making a left flip and a struck the girl who was crossing the road. Police say the motive force fled the scene. 

The whole incident was captured by a number of surveillance cameras at Tom’s Auto Upkeep. The supervisor at Tom’s mentioned he by no means anticipated to see what he noticed on his cameras.

“It was simply so apparent. It was that the motive force wasn’t paying consideration, the girl had the straight away, she was cleared to stroll, and the motive force simply took a left with out taking any look. And it was form of stunning to see how far and the way onerous she was hit,” mentioned Nathan Peet, operations supervisor for Tom’s Auto Upkeep. “”I’ve seen fairly a little bit of reckless driving within the neighborhood.”

Officers say the girl was taken to a hospital for her accidents – and he or she is doing OK.

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“We’re going to assist ensure whoever did this will get caught,” Peet mentioned.

Police say they’re searching for the motive force and the automotive, a maroon 4-door Acura. When you’ve got data that might assist find this automobile, you might be urged to name Milwaukee police. 

Milwaukee police say to this point in 2022, there have been 4,300 hit-and-run crashes. That is really down 19% from the identical time final 12 months.