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One dead, one injured in Milwaukee after driver collides with parked excavator

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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are investigating a crash that killed one person just before midnight on Friday near 51st and Silver Spring.

Police said that on Friday, May 23, an 18-year-old man crashed a vehicle into a parked excavator. He was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious but nonfatal injuries and arrested.

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His passenger, an 18-year-old, was killed in the crash. Police said speed is suspected to be a factor.

Criminal charges will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.


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