Milwaukee police arrest driver involved in fatal hit & run crash near 29th & Locust

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Milwaukee police have arrested the driver involved in the fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred early Wednesday, April 8th at N. 29th Street and W. Locust Street.

The 30-year-old Milwaukee man turned himself in to police on the evening of April 8th.  MPD will present charges to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office in the coming days.

The crash occurred  around 12:30 a.m.

According to police,  an SUV was traveling northbound on N. 29th Street when its driver failed to stop for a stop sign and collided with a car traveling westbound on W. Locust Street.  After the initial collision, the SUV hit a light pole and the car collided with a fence.

Two  passengers inside the SUV, a 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old man, suffered non-life threatening injures and were transported to a local hospital.  A third passenger inside the SUV, a 30-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene.