Child dead after car crash into tree in Milwaukee; driver arrested

MILWAUKEE - A child is dead and another hurt after a car crashed into a tree on Milwaukee's northwest side Saturday, Oct. 28. Police arrested the driver of the car. 

The aftermath of a deadly crash sits on the corner of 76th and Bobolink. 

Fatal crash at 76th and Bobolink, Milwaukee

"He’s a kid. No kid should go through that," said Nelly Hulsey. "It really did something to me. I still have a vision of him laying there right now."

Hulsey, a barber, was working in a nearby shop when the crash happened Saturday evening. 

Milwaukee police say a 30-year-old driver lost control of the car and crashed. 

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"When the guys in the barbershop ran across the street and I saw them standing over somebody," Hulsey said. 

Fatal crash at 76th and Bobolink, Milwaukee

Police say paramedics took a 4-year-old child to the hospital. That child is in stable condition. The medical examiner said an 11-year-old boy died in the crash. He has since been identified as Ja'Mario Johnson.

"I ran over. It was a kid. So I just started giving him CPR until the ambulance came," Hulsey said. 

Hulsey placed a card and stuffed animal at the crash site. 

Fatal crash at 76th and Bobolink, Milwaukee

"I felt like I didn’t do too much for him yesterday when I was giving him CPR. I felt I didn’t do too much. I’m just giving him love and support," Hulsey said. 

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The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office noted in its narrative report that "the driver was operating a motor vehicle southbound in the 6000 block of North 76th Street when
she reportedly suffered a medical episode and struck a tree at a high rate of speed."

The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office is expected to review this case.