Man Said Fast Drivers Forced Him Off Road In Oak Creek: Report

OAK CREEK, WI — Police in Oak Creek say a man crashed his car into a woman's mailbox and into a street sign as he tried to evade two cars who were racing down the street.

According to Oak Creek Police call logs, a resident on the 6400 block of S. Pennsylvania Ave. on a report of a single-vehicle accident.

Call logs stated that the homeowner spoke with police, saying someone struck her mailbox. Police said they spoke with the driver, who said he was heading South on Pennsylvania Ave. when he looked in the rear-view mirror and saw two vehicles racing south and approaching quickly from behind his location.

The driver told police he moved his car as far to the right as possible to avoid a collision when a tire on his car caught the snow on the edge of the road, forcing him to veer off the road and into the mailbox and into a street sign.

Police said the vehicle had heavy front-end damage. The driver told police one vehicle was a blue-colored sedan, and the other a gray Chevrolet Impala.