MILWAUKEE — An 18-year-old Milwaukee woman died after police say she was sitting on the window of a car when she fell and was struck by the vehicle Sunday morning.
Family identified the victim as Lynette Trinkle.
Police said the crash happened at 35th and I-94 around 2:33 a.m.
The driver of the car remained at the scene of the incident and is cooperating, police said.
No other details were released by the police.
Friends and family say they still do not have all the answers on what happened, including who the driver was behind the wheel. They do say reckless driving has to stop.
"I want my daughter. I keep thinking she's going to come home but she's not," said Ranette Trinkle, Lynette's mother.
Her mother adds, "What I heard was there was another car with some boys sitting out the window and she went out the window to wave and fell out and then got ran over."
Investigators say the SUV Lynette was in was going about 40-50 mph in a 35 mph area.
"Why was she hanging out the window?" asked Ranette. "I don't know who the driver was. I wanna know what the truth was."
Her older brother Jeff feels the same way.
"I just wish it was less reckless in the city, like the kids they just they don't care," Jeff said. 'They do reckless stuff and they move on the next day and they do it again and someone else dies and it's sad."
A makeshift memorial is up at the site where Lynette died.
Lynette's family hopes her life was not lost in vain.
"Kids don't get the chance to grow up. It's sad," Jeff said. "She never got a chance to know who she was. She was still a kid."
Investigators say there was a 30-foot-long skid mark where the driver attempted to stop after the accident.
The family set up a Go Fund Me to help pay for funeral costs. Click here to learn more.
