MILWAUKEE – An 18-year-old driver has been arrested after allegedly running a red light, causing an accident which killed one person and injured several others on Friday night.
The crash happened at 8:24 p.m. in the 100 block of North 16th Street.
According to Milwaukee police, the first vehicle went through a red light and hit a second vehicle which was making a u-turn.
A 42-year-old Waukegan man who was a passenger in that second vehicle was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A 36-year-old Waukegan man was also seriously injured and remains in critical condition.
Five other people who were inside the vehicle at the time were all treated for non life-threatening injuries.
The 18-year-old Milwaukee man who was driving the vehicle which ran the red light was taken to a hospital for treatment of serious injuries. He was then arrested.
Charges against the driver are expected to be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office in the coming days.