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Milwaukee police say 19-year-old reckless driver killed in crash

Police say the driver sped through a stop light near 13th and Oklahoma.

Milwaukee police say 19-year-old reckless driver killed in crash

Police say the driver sped through a stop light near 13th and Oklahoma.

DIANA: BREAKING OVERNIGHT. GERRON:: A DEADLY CRASH LEFT A DRIVER DEAD IN MILWAUKEE. MALLORY: POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND 12:30 AM AT 13TH AND OKLAHOMA. OFFICERS SAY A 19━YEAR━OLD WAS SPINNING AND RAN A RED LIGHT BEFORE SLAMMING IN
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Milwaukee police say 19-year-old reckless driver killed in crash

Police say the driver sped through a stop light near 13th and Oklahoma.

The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a deadly crash involving reckless driving.It happened on Tuesday around 12:30 a.m. near 13th Street and Oklahoma Avenue.Police said a 19-year-old Illinois man was speeding in a Chevy Suburban on Oklahoma, drove through a stop light and slammed into a Nissan Altima with three people inside.Police say the driver of the Chevy died at the hospital.The driver of the Nissan, a 24-year-old Milwaukee man, was taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries. The two other passengers of the Nissan were not injured. According to the City of Milwaukee's Department of Public Works -- the overnight crashed knocked out the traffic signal control cabinet with a mast pole. which caused drivers to rely on traffic signs. While 12 News crews were at the intersection, they witnessed another car accident just before 9 a.m.One of the drivers involved in the second accident tells us this is her everyday commute to work."There was an ambulance that rushed by so we all just stopped after the ambulance was gone, I went first and then I got in a T-bone collision with another car," says Naomi Zielinski, she was hit while traveling on Oklahoma Ave. DPW crews are actively repairing the traffic control cabinet and expect it to be operating sometime Tuesday.Anyone with information is asked to contact Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-tips or P3 Tips.

The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a deadly crash involving reckless driving.

It happened on Tuesday around 12:30 a.m. near 13th Street and Oklahoma Avenue.

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Police said a 19-year-old Illinois man was speeding in a Chevy Suburban on Oklahoma, drove through a stop light and slammed into a Nissan Altima with three people inside.

Police say the driver of the Chevy died at the hospital.

The driver of the Nissan, a 24-year-old Milwaukee man, was taken to a hospital and treated for minor injuries.

The two other passengers of the Nissan were not injured.

According to the City of Milwaukee's Department of Public Works -- the overnight crashed knocked out the traffic signal control cabinet with a mast pole. which caused drivers to rely on traffic signs.

While 12 News crews were at the intersection, they witnessed another car accident just before 9 a.m.

One of the drivers involved in the second accident tells us this is her everyday commute to work.

"There was an ambulance that rushed by so we all just stopped after the ambulance was gone, I went first and then I got in a T-bone collision with another car," says Naomi Zielinski, she was hit while traveling on Oklahoma Ave.

DPW crews are actively repairing the traffic control cabinet and expect it to be operating sometime Tuesday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Milwaukee police at 414-935-7360 or, to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at 414-224-tips or P3 Tips.