Car slams into pole, flips on its side on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side
Police take at least one person into custody after an early morning crash near Oakland and Locust in Milwaukee.
LOCAL COVERAGE. YOU’RE WATCHING WISN 12 NEWS AT 11. NEW THIS MORNING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. 12 NEWS HAS JUST OBTAINED. SHOWS THE MOMENT A DRIVER RAN A RED LIGHT, SLAMMED INTO A POLE AND FLIPPED ON ITS SIDE OVERNIGHT. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 1:00 THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOCUST AND OAKLAND ON MILWAUKEE’S UPPER EAST SIDE. 12 NEWS IMANI FLEMING IS LIVE THERE NOW WITH THE NEW VIDEO. WE’VE JUST OBTAINED. IMANI. WELL, GERRON, WE’RE STANDING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT NOW FROM WHERE THIS CRASH HAPPENED ABOUT TEN HOURS AGO THIS MORNING, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE ON THE SIDEWALK. WE CAN SEE THOSE TWO CONES TRYING TO COVER UP SOME OF THE DEBRIS LEFT OVER FROM THE CAR THAT CRASHED HERE. OF COURSE, THIS IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION. EVEN NOW. AT 11:00, WE WENT INSIDE THE COFFEE HOUSE AND SPOKE TO THE PEOPLE INSIDE WHO SAID THEY’RE JUST LUCKY THAT NO ONE WAS OUT AND ABOUT. NO ONE WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING. WE EVEN SPOKE WITH A WOMAN WHO LIVES IN THIS BUILDING, WHO LIVES IN THE EAST SIDE, WHO SAID SHE IS SICK AND TIRED OF THE RECKLESS DRIVING HAPPENING HERE IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD. I’M SICK OF IT. LIKE ALL DAY SIRENS, ALL DAY, ALL NIGHT, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, IT’S LOUD. IT’S. IT’S JUST NOT FOR ME. SO WE’VE GOT THAT EXCLUSIVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO SHOW YOU. IN THE VIDEO, A CAR IS DRIVING NORTH ON OAKLAND WHEN IT VEERS RIGHT AND SLAMS INTO A LIGHT POLE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF OAKLAND AND LOCUST HERE. THE CAR LOOKS LIKE IT’S GLOWING SINCE IT’S ON ITS SIDE. HEADLIGHTS STILL SHINING. OUR 12 NEWS CAMERAS CAPTURING THE AFTERMATH. AN AMBULANCE, FIRE TRUCKS AND POLICE ALL RESPONDING OVERNIGHT. NEIGHBORS TIRED OF SCENES LIKE THIS PLAYING OUT ON THEIR STREET, INCLUDING THE MOTHER WE SPOKE WITH WHO SAYS IT’S JUST NOT SAFE. YEAH, LIKE THEY’LL ASK ME LIKE, OH, CAN WE GO OUTSIDE FOR A WALK? AND I’M LIKE, OH, LIKE, WE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL BECAUSE PEOPLE DON’T STOP, YOU KNOW? AND ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS ONE, IT’S A NO TURN ON. RED.
Car slams into pole, flips on its side on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side
Police take at least one person into custody after an early morning crash near Oakland and Locust in Milwaukee.
Updated: 2:06 PM CST Feb 13, 2026
Police arrested at least one person early Friday morning after a car slammed into a stoplight pole on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side.The crash happened around 1 a.m. near Oakland Avenue and Locust Street.WISN 12 News video shows the vehicle on its side, with the traffic light pole completely destroyed. The car came within inches of a nearby building.Police said the driver lost control while making a right turn, struck a traffic sign and rolled into a building. When 12 News arrived at the scene, a photojournalist saw officers taking at least one person into custody.Police said the driver, a 26-year-old man, was extricated from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital with non-fatal injuries. He was arrested on suspicion of OWI. Top HeadlinesMissing Wisconsin woman found dead in Michigan woods, boyfriend arrestedEmployees fired after unionization efforts at Rogers West Allis clinicMilwaukee cracking down on those with 5 or more parking tickets. Here’s who has the mostWATCH Car slams into pole, flips on its side on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side
MILWAUKEE —
Police arrested at least one person early Friday morning after a car slammed into a stoplight pole on Milwaukee’s Upper East Side.
The crash happened around 1 a.m. near Oakland Avenue and Locust Street.
WISN 12 News video shows the vehicle on its side, with the traffic light pole completely destroyed. The car came within inches of a nearby building.
Police said the driver lost control while making a right turn, struck a traffic sign and rolled into a building.
When 12 News arrived at the scene, a photojournalist saw officers taking at least one person into custody.
Police said the driver, a 26-year-old man, was extricated from the vehicle and taken to an area hospital with non-fatal injuries. He was arrested on suspicion of OWI.
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