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According to a news release from the Milwaukee Police Department, the victims were traveling north on 39th Street in a 1999 Hyundai Elantra just after 3:30 p.m.
As the vehicle passed through the intersection at W. Hadley Street, the driver of a stolen Audi Q7, who was traveling west at a high rate of speed, ran a stop sign and slammed into the car. The Audi was reported stolen in Racine County nearly a month ago. Its two occupants fled on foot after the crash.
According to the medical examiner’s office, the woman died at the scene of the accident. She had been a passenger in the Hyundai, sitting in the backseat with four children, who were not wearing seatbelts.
One of the children died at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on Sunday. A 28-year-old woman, along with the 26-year-old driver and three children ages seven, five and three were transported to a local hospital with serious injuries and are expected to survive.
A relative of the family told investigators that the family was on their way to a movie when the accident happened.
Police are still looking for the two men who fled after the accident. Anyone with information is encouraged to call (414) 935-7360.
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This page has been written, edited, and reviewed by a team of legal writers following our comprehensive editorial guidelines. This page was approved by attorney Jeffery A. Pitman, who has more than 28 years of legal experience and handled thousands of personal injury cases while obtaining millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa and New Mexico.
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