UPDATE 11/05/24 3:20 p.m. — Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the deceased 26-year-old driver as Kathryn Lemke.
The investigation report says Lemke was traveling eastbound on West Howard Ave. and approaching the intersection at South 27th St. She maneuvered around the vehicles stopped at a red light, then proceeded through the red light and struck a school bus traveling southbound on South 27th St.
Lemke’s vehicle struck the rear back side of the bus, causing it to flip over and then strike two other vehicles.
MILWAUKEE – A crash between a vehicle and a school bus closed down all lanes of 27th Street just north of Howard Avenue near the Milwaukee-Greenfield line this morning.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office confirms to WTMJ that they were called to the scene of the crash.
According to our partners at TMJ4 News, Lamers, who owns the school bus, said the driver had just finished morning routes when a driver heading east on Howard ran a red light and hit the bus, causing it to spin. This led to a pileup with four other cars.
There were no children inside the bus at the time of the crash.
Greenfield Police say a 26-year-old driver of one of the cars died on the scene. The school bus driver is okay, but was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Three passengers from other vehicles were also taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
This is a developing story; more information will be provided as it becomes available.
