Police: Driver in Crash Was Drunk, Texting

A driver in the car-motorcycle crash early Sunday at 13th Street and College Avenue was drunk and texting at the time of the accident, according to an Oak Creek police report.

According to a police report, the vehicle was northbound on 13th Street and slowing for a stoplight when it rear-ended the motorcycle about 12:20 a.m. Sunday, causing the motorcyclist to fall from the bike and strike his head on the pavement.

Police arrested the driver of the vehicle for drunken driving-causing injury. He later admitted to officers he had his head down because he was texting on his phone, according to the police report.

A 911 caller reporting the crash told dispatchers the motorcyclist was breathing but not awake, according to the police report. He was taken to a hospital with injuries not considered life threatening, according to Patch's media partners at WISN 12 News.

The accident occurred during a shutdown of Interstate 94 from Rawson Avenue to the Milwaukee-Racine county line, which brought heavy traffic and backups into Oak Creek throughout Saturday.