Man arrested in Brady Street hit-and-run crash
Updated: 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 20, 2023
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- One man has been arrested in connection to Brady St hit and run.
Thirty-year-old Milwaukee man, Marvin Thomas, has been arrested. Surveillance video shows a silver SUV make a turn at an intersection. The SUV hits the man while he is walking in the cross walk, then drives away. We spoke to the victim last Wednesday, who says he is still recovering.
Thomas has a preliminary hearing on Sept. 27.
Published: 8:48 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2023
One of the city's latest hit-and-run victims is still recovering from physical and emotional injuries suffered more than a week ago.
This latest incident on Brady Street spurred neighbors to demonstrate Wednesday evening for safer streets.
The man did not want to go on camera just yet because he's still dealing with physical injuries that will take time to heal.
But he came out to support a group of people who chaperoned pedestrians through a busy intersection for an hour. But even with the extra attention, there were still several close calls.
Milwaukee District 3 Alderman Jonathan Brostoff said, "Yeah, it does not feel safe."
Despite the risk, more than a dozen people demonstrated on Brady, calling for safer driving on one of Milwaukee's most dangerous streets for pedestrians.
Christine Goralski lives in the neighborhood. She said, "The biggest problem is the hit-and-runs. And the lack of consideration for the people crossing the street."
Thousands of people -walking and jogging, on scooters and bikes, pushing strollers or leading dogs- use Brady Street every day.
Many of them are statistically at risk. During one interview, a car had to slam its brakes to avoid hitting people. During another, a car was driving the wrong way down a one-way street.
Mary Beth McGinnis is a member of the MilWALKee Walks group that helped organize Wednesday's demonstration. She said, "Even with every vest and every sign in the world, with an alder here with us, no, I don't think it's actually that safe."
And everyone seems to have a story of a close call.
Brostoff said, "I almost got clipped biking here."
McGinnis said, "Drivers --eight, nine, 10 of them-- will drive past me, three inches within me."
But Goralski's story is about the real thing. She told us, "I came upon the last well-known hit-and-run; [it] was last week, Saturday."
A car turned onto Warren from Brady. Surveillance video showed the silver SUV hit a man and flip him onto the hood. After several feet the man fell off and laid motionless.
The car never stopped.
Goralski said, "He was still in the middle of the road. I'm choking up. His arm was not laying the right way. He had blood all over him. And they took off."
He's now out of the hospital, but Brostoff said, "He's in bad shape. He got hit really bad. It's a lot of trauma to the body. And I'm sure it's also hard to think about it, too."
It's the latest in a long string of incidents.
Neighborhood favorite Quincy Alexander is still recovering from a hit-and-run in May.
And memorials for Arne Bast remain, one year after he was hit and killed.
But the organizers of the demonstration stress this is not solely a Brady Street issue.
McGinnis said, "This is the number one issue in every neighborhood I go to. People care about this a lot. There are a lot of people who try to drive more carefully or change their behaviors."
The man who was hit Sept. 2 still has a cast on one arm. He said as he's getting ready for more surgeries, he's also still coping emotionally with what happened.
