Suspect In Hit-and-Run Arrested After Pursuit

A 47-year-old man was arrested in Cudahy after allegedly fleeing the scene of an accident on Drexel Avenue in Oak Creek.

According to an report, the man rear-ended a vehicle as it turned onto S. Burdick Ave. from the 500 block of E. Drexel Ave. about 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

A witness told police the man left his car disabled in the roadway and jumped into another vehicle. The witness followed that vehicle into Cudahy.

The 47-year-old fled on foot from Cudahy officers and into St. Francis but was eventually apprehended by Cudahy police, according to the report. He was arrested for multiple offenses, including operating without insurance, inattentive driving and operating while revoked, and could face other citations for fleeing an accident scene and resisting police.

According to the police report, he admitted to police his involvement in the accident, which caused major damage to both vehicles.

He was taken to Aurora St. Luke's South Shore after complaining of injury from the air bag deployment.

The man has not yet been charged in this incident, but online court records show he had two open cases of operating while revoked pending in Milwaukee County Circuit Court at the time of the accident.