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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…

A Madison woman was charged last week with drunk driving after she allegedly hit a man who was riding a moped, killing him. Twenty-seven-year-old Ekaterina Topolkaraeva allegedly caused the accident last October when she drove in the wrong lane of a Beltline frontage road, killing a 37-year-old Madison man. Officials allege Topolkaraeva had injected…

The man who hit and killed a wheelchair bound man last January in Green Bay with his truck before fleeing the scene was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday. Forty-year-old Mark Sperber was convicted last November in the 20-year-old man’s death. Sperber had told investigators he thought he had hit a trash can,…

Proposed changes to current laws would increase the severity of consequences for operating recreational vehicles while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. According to a recent article published on jsonline.com, alcohol is involved in about 75 percent of snowmobile fatalities yearly in Wisconsin. A public hearing was held Tuesday discussing an Assembly bill, which would…

A mother of two young girls has been charged in an accident that killed one of them and critically injured the other one. According to reports, a 27-year-old from Milwaukee was driving about 2 a.m. when she slammed into a parked semitrailer. Her 10-year-old daughter was killed in the crash. The daughter had been…

 A 36-year-old man was allegedly driving drunk early Sunday morning when he crashed his car on Interstate I-794 and seriously injured a woman who was a passenger in his car. The 36-year-old is facing up to 12 1/2 years in prison and more than $1,000 in fines, according toJSonline.com. According to officials, the crash…

A Milwaukee police detective was arrested last week after crashing his car early Wednesday morning. According to reports, the detective received citations for speeding, inattentive driving and possible a possible DUI after crashing his car on November 30. He was also suspected of driving under the influence, but officials were awaiting blood test results….

A man who crashed into a Christmas parade float full of children Saturday night in Mondovi, Wis. is facing his seventh OWI charge after the incident. According to authorities, the 52-year-old man slammed his car into a float full of young children Saturday evening and then ran away after the crash. Several reports said…

A 20-year-old man whose mother had been hit and killed November 6, has died from his injuries and the man who is charged with hitting them may face additional charges. The victim was pronounced dead Tuesday at 2:40 a.m. after spending about a week-and-a-half in a Wauwatosa hospital. His 49-year-old mother died at the…

A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel investigation showed that at least 35 members of Milwaukee’s police force have been disciplined by the police department for driving while intoxicated after being arrested while off duty since they were hired. In most of the cases, the officers faced very minimal consequences for their actions. The article profiled a few separate…