Driver arrested for OWI after striking median with 4 children inside vehicle

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MILWAUKEE, (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office says one person has been arrested for suspected OWI after hitting a median wall and spinning into lanes of traffic with four children in the vehicle.

Officials say it happened overnight on Sat. July 5, near I-94 Eastbound at 27th Street. 

The driver has been taken into custody for first degree reckless endangerment and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with children under 16 in a vehicle. 

A medical unit checked on the children at the scene, but the children reportedly only sustained minor bumps and bruises.

MCSO says the children were turned over to the mother.  

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