MILWAUKEE — Four people have been arrested in connection to a reckless driving incident when a driver crashed into a school bus outside of a Milwaukee middle school.
The Milwaukee Police Department said May 4 a 15-year-old girl and a 14-year-old girl were arrested in connection to the incident, but MPD is still seeking other suspects including the driver.
Then on Monday, May 8, police told TMJ4 News they arrested a 14-year-old Milwaukee male and a 14-year-old female. MPD said they are still searching for another suspect, presumably still the driver.
The crash happened outside Morse Middle School for the Gifted and Talented, near 80th and Mill, a little before 9 a.m. Monday.
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MPD said in a news release that an 11-year-old who was on the bus was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A 15-year-old who was in the vehicle that struck the bus was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Video of the crash outside Morse Middle school shows a white Kia swerving down the street while people hang out the driver and passenger side windows. Once the Kia crashes into the bus, the passenger falls out and is dragged on the ground. The driver tried to run away, video a witness shared with TMJ4 News shows.
Sean Kane, with Milwaukee Public Schools, says the crash happened the day protecticve concrete bollards were set to be installed outside Morse Middle School.
"Actually, the first concrete bollard was being placed at the time of the incident," shared Kane. He says they installed these barriers outside a number of MPS schools to protect students from reckless driving.
"We had to find some protective measures to prevent, not only the vehicles coming onto the sidewalks, but also the lawn area."
Mariam Mackar with TMJ4 News spoke to Kane outside the Milwaukee School of Languages which installed these bollards nearly a year ago after their own instances of reckless driving
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"Have you noticed these bollards work their purpose and effectively prevent [crashes] from happening?" Mackar asked.
"Yes," answered Kane. "It's very much improved the safety of what we're very much concerned about. Whenever we put these units down and place them its been very successful."
The district says it put these in place in schools that have seen high rates of dangerous driving. Kane says as far as stopping reckless driving, they only have control over the school grounds — not drivers on the road.
"This is a citywide issue with reckless driving. All we can do is look out for the best interest of our students and staff and general public, and we can only look out and do what's on our school site. Because again, a lot of this stuff occurs in the street."
The Milwaukee Police Department is continuing to investigate the crash and look for unknown suspects. If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact the Milwaukee Police Department at 414-935-7360 or Crime Stoppers at 414-224-TIPS.
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