MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Police are investigating a crash near 37th & Orchard that injured three children, including an 11-year-old passenger, who was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police say the children were all passengers in a stolen car, which lost control and crashed into a parked car around 1:21 p.m. near 37th & Orchard on Thursday, Feb. 8.
The driver and a passenger fled the scene on foot.
Isaiah Doxtator ran out of his home to see what happened. What surprised him next was seeing two young people running from the crash
"As soon as they saw people come out they just dipped," Doxtator recalled. "They didn’t even stay."
An 11-year-old passenger was taken to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.
Two other passengers, a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old, were also taken to a hospital for their injuries, but are expected to be ok.
Jesus Panigua came home to find his work van took the brunt of the impact from the crash.
"I’m at work and I get a call from my neighbor," Panigua said. "she’s like 'your truck, your van just got hit, they got two people right here but you might want to come check it out.'"
Panigua says the damage to his vehicle is going impact his small business, Marquez Innovations.
"I just opened up my roofing company and my LLC and that's a cost that I have to right away spend and buy another vehicle to transport my equipment around."
While this may be a set back, Panigua tells TMJ4 he's just glad no one in his neighborhood was hurt.
Police say the passengers were arrested; however, they are still searching for both the driver and passenger who fled on foot.
Anyone with any 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.
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