10th and Walnut hit-and-run crash: Milwaukee man charged
MILWAUKEE - A 34-year-old Milwaukee man is charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a man at 10th and Walnut on June 20. Charging documents show Milwaukee County Transit System bus video helped police find the suspect.
Sukhjinder Singh is charged with one count of hit-and-run, resulting in death and one count of operating a vehicle without a valid license, causing death.
Suhkjinder Singh
According to the criminal complaint, officers were dispatched to the area of 10th and Walnut shortly before 10 p.m. to investigate a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Emergency personnel on the scene attempted life-saving measures, but Elroy Robinson, 60, died at the scene.
"He was a good person, helped people," said Ulysses Robinson, the victim's nephew told FOX6 the day after the crash. "Always willing to help people."
Officers spoke with a witness who indicated he "observed a silver, older, mid-sized sedan traveling eastbound on Walnut at a high rate of speed, approximately 50-60 MPH with its headlights off."
10th and Walnut hit-and-run crash scene
The posted speed limit is 30. The witness told police when he turned onto Walnut behind the speeding vehicle, "he saw what he believed to be an unknown object fly off the silver car. The silver car continued eastbound without stopping," the complaint states.
Family members say Elroy Robinson was helping someone cross the street when he was hit.
"We’re all just sad and we’re hurt," his nephew said.
Prosecutors say officers reviewed surveillance video from a nearby Milwaukee County Transit System bus which showed a car leaving the Express Convenience Center at 30th and Lisbon with its windshield intact a short time before the crash.
On Tuesday, June 22, two days after the crash, officers spotted a 2002 Toyota Camry, a four-door sedan, "with severe damage to the windshield and hood…consistent with a vehicle that had struck a pedestrian," the complaint states.
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Surveillance video from a food and liquor store on Holton showed a man getting out of the driver's seat. According to prosecutors, "this driver is wearing the same clothing as the man observed entering the Toyota at the Express Convenience Center."
While reviewing video at the business on Holton on June 21, an officer "observed Sukhjinder Singh in the back cooler of the business," according to the complaint. The officer indicated the video was "clear enough that she can identify Singh as the driver of the Toyota." When speaking with the owner of the business, he told the officer it was Singh.
The complaint also noted Singh "does not possess a valid license to drive a vehicle."
FOX6 News reached out to Singh's attorney for comment on this case but he declined.
If convicted, Singh could spend up to 25 years in prison.
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