Video: Milwaukee man flees after crashing on I-43, leaving child at scene

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — A 21-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of fleeing from a crash on the freeway and leaving a 4-year-old youngster on the scene. 

In keeping with a felony criticism, on Tuesday, April 12, the MCSO responded to a crash on I-43 northbound close to Holt Avenue. Officers say the motive force concerned within the crash was touring at a excessive price of pace, switching backwards and forwards between lanes and minimize off a number of motorists earlier than dropping management. The driving force struck the median wall head on, bounced off the wall once more earlier than flipping over and touchdown the wrong way up. 

The criticism says deputies witnessed a 4-year-old climb out of the car via the shattered rear windshield, in addition to the motive force, recognized as 21-year-old Ladarius Davis-Hughes. 

Davis-Hughes reportedly instructed deputies he was his approach to drop the kid off in school and the car began “appearing up” so he tried to cease it. 

A deputy positioned the kid within the again seat of his squad and was within the means of getting one thing for Davis-Hughes for his bleeding hand when Davis-Hughes ran from the scene throughout the southbound lanes of the freeway and into the ditch. 

Wisconsin Division of Transportation (WisDOT) cameras captured the incident. 

Davis-Hughes was later seen operating westbound on Oklahoma Avenue and ultimately taken into custody.

Deputies recovered a Draco Romanian AK-47 model rifle contained in the car Davis-Hughes crashed. The gun had 22 rounds within the journal and one within the chamber. 

The kid additionally was not in any type of automotive seat or booster seat within the car. 

The kid was later turned over to his mom. 

Davis-Hughes has been charged with the next: 

• Second-degree recklessly endangering security
• Possession of a firearm by adjudicated delinquent 
• Neglecting a baby – consequence is bodily hurt
• Bail leaping (two counts)