Crime & Safety

Milwaukee PD: 1 Person Dead After Vehicle Strikes Tree, Building

The accident happened around 5:59 a.m. Friday along the 7200 block of W. Capital Drive, Milwaukee police said.

MILWAUKEE, WI – The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating an accident that left one person dead early Friday morning.

Police said the accident happened around 5:59 a.m. along the 7200 block of W. Capital Drive after the driver of a vehicle crashed into a tree and a building.

According to police, the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 51-year-old man from Milwaukee, had to be extricated from the vehicle.

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He was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said.

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