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Traffic fatalities increased 13.5 percent in the first three months of 2012, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the second largest increase since the NHTSA began tracking the data. The last increase during the first quarter was recorded in 2006 and was a 3.5 percent increase. In the preliminary…

A rash of Wisconsin drivers facing third and even fourth time offenses of driving under the influence have been in the news lately.  According to recent reports, these are occurred within the past few weeks in Wisconsin:  – A 54-year-old Elm Grove man is facing a fourth drunken driving charge May 20 after hitting…

Three people were killed Thursday morning when a 15-foot deep and 50-foot wide section of Highway M washed away during heavy rainfall.  According to reports, a Milwaukee couple comprised of a 56-year-old husband and 57-year-old wife were the first to die when their pickup plunged into the newly-create Ravine. A third person, a 24-year-old…

A Fond du Lac teen was charged Wednesday in the deaths of three of her friends in a February crash. According to the charges, 18-year-old Carly J. Ottery is facing three counts of homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle in the February 4. accident. Nine girls who were all soccer players at…

A 3-year-old boy died Friday when his brother ran over him with a skid steer loader. According to reports, the 7-year-old was apparently giving rides to his siblings when the 3-year-old fell out and was then run over in the Town of New Bern, located in Marathon County. The child died at the scene and…

A West Allis man and a Milwaukee man have been charged in two separate crashes that took the lives of a mother and a son just hours apart. According to reports, Jesse Steinmetz is accused of ran over and killed the 45-year-old mother about 1 a.m. early last Sunday morning. Steinmetz is facing one felony…

A woman and her son were both killed early Sunday morning in separate accidents in West Allis. According to reports, the 45-year-old woman was lying in the road on S. 81st St. when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver about 1 a.m. More than four hours later, about 5:30 a.m., her son died…

A 50-year-old Falls River man was critically injured Tuesday when a chunk of concrete crashed through his windshield while he was driving on Interstate 39/90 near Highway 151. According to reports the softball-sized piece of concrete was from a broken up section of road on Highway 151 and was likely kicked up by another…

Two Milwaukee police officers were injured early Sunday morning and taken to the hospital when their squad car was hit head-on by a suspected drunk driver. According to reports, the crash happened in the 1600 block of W. North Ave. about 12:20 a.m. The squad was responding to a call at the time. Reports…

Alcohol is believed to have played a role in an accident where a car crashed into a Waterford couple’s living room March 30. According to an article in the Mukwanago Chief said the alleged drunk driver was believed to be an administrator at the Norris Adolescent Center, a center providing drug abuse and alcohol abuse treatments….