MILWAUKEE COUNTY — A 74-year-old man died after his 1974 Triumph stalled on the freeway and a speeding dump truck ran it over Thursday night, authorities say.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 74-year-old Fredrick Steffen of Milwaukee.
The ME found that the man's vehicle had stalled while heading eastbound on I-43. Soon after a dump truck heading at a high rate of speed ran over his vehicle.
The victim's wife told investigators he had been driving the 1974 Triumph TR6 since he bought it brand-new in 1974.
She continued that the vehicle had not been working for the last couple of years and that he had taken it to get it fixed.
The auto repair shop told him there was something wrong with the starter, that they had fixed it and that he could pick it up that day, which he did.
The crash happened on I-43 at 27th Street around 4:30 p.m.
