Four Suspects Sought In Hit-and-run Crash In Milwaukee That Left One Woman Dead

Four suspects including a women fled the scene of a fatal crash in Milwaukee's Southside, which left a woman driver dead and her son injured.

By H. Nelson Goodson

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 4, 2018

Milwaukee, WI - On Sunday, Milwaukee police just after 11:05 a.m. responded to a two vehicle crash resulting in damages to three additional parked vehicles at the 1500 block of W. Lincoln Ave. A Ram pickup truck was speeding eastbound on W. Lincoln Ave. when it lost control on the icy street and turned sideways blocking a Toyota Corolla heading westbound that crashed into it. 

La Canoa Restaurant located in the same block recorded the crash with a surveillance camera outside and was posted on Facebook by Valeria Estefania. Three male suspects and a women who were in the truck fled the scene and were also video recorded fleeing through an alley located on the side of the restaurant.
One of the suspects wearing a cap, pulled a handgun out and pointed it at witnesses who attempted to stop them from leaving the scene of the crash.

Monica Hernández, 43, who was driving a Toyota Corolla that struck the truck passed away in a local hospital and her 13-year-old son, Jonathan who was the passenger is expected to survive.

Police continue to investigate the deadly hit-and-run crash and are looking to identify the suspects involved.
A 23-year-old woman who was a passenger in the Ram truck and fled with three men later turned herself in to police on Sunday night and the driver of the truck is being sought, according to the Milwaukee Police Department.