2 more arrested in connection to car vs. bus crash
Updated: 3:51 p.m. on May 5, 2023
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Two more arrests have been made in connection to a stolen car vs. school bus crash in Milwaukee. Police say a 14-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl were taken into custody.
Two more girls, ages 14 and 15, were arrested earlier this week.
Police are seeking an additional suspect. Anyone with any information is asked to contact Milwaukee police at (414) 935-7360, or to remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers at (414)224-Tips or P3 Tips App.
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- An arrest has been made after a wild ride in a stolen Kia ended with the Kia rear-ending a school bus and hospitalizing one of the Kia's occupants and a boy on the bus.
Two girls, ages 14 and 15, are in custody and Milwaukee police are looking for more. We've got new video tonight from right after the crash. See if you can help by recognizing anyone on it.
Surveillance cameras captured these four teens running away from 80th Street moments after a stolen Kia smashed into the back of a school bus full of children. One young lady appears to be limping. Minutes later, a young man runs up alone, but then turns the other way.
"These kids out here nowadays I can't believe they act so reckless," said Tracey Dent, a community activist.
It was Monday, just before 9 a.m., A witness tells us he saw the Kia speeding and swerving down the block with passengers hanging out the windows. The witness says the Kia then turned around and came back before slamming into the bus.
"And for the 14 and 15-year-old that was arrested, I think charge them as adults you know because you're putting people's lives at stake," said Dent.
Since the start of the year, there have been 13 fatal accidents in Milwaukee caused by reckless driving. That's the same number for the same period last year. Protections have gone up to protect people on school property, like this one, North Division high.
"And it's sad that we have to go to this extreme just to try to keep our youth safe, our children safe," said Dent.
But neighbors near Morse Middle School tell us what these teens seem to be running from Monday doesn't happen around here. In fact, Milwaukee police took only two reports of reckless driving for all of last year near Morse, and none this year, until now.
Sources tell us the 15-year-old boy, who had been a passenger in the stolen Kia, remains hospitalized in very critical condition. The 11-year-old boy who was thrown from the school bus is recovering at home.