Suspect arrested after wrong-way crash on I-43 Saturday night
Posted: Nov 19, 2017 2:10 PM CST
WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A wrong-way driver hit another car head-on on I-43 south near Silver Spring Drive Saturday around 10:39 p.m. The driver of the wrong-way car suffered a leg injury and was taken into custody by the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office.
The driver and passenger of the car that was hit head-on suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Five minutes before the crash, Whitefish Bay Police tried to stop the wrong-way driver on Silver Spring in downtown Whitefish Bay because he was speeding. The driver did not stop and fled onto I-43 south. Police did not pursue the driver onto the interstate.