A Kenosha man suffered head trauma and was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee at 9:26 a.m. Friday, June 12 after an Amtrak train crashed into the Jeep the man was driving, according to a press release by the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Larry Gitzlaff, 66, drove the Jeep through the rail crossing while the stop […]
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Motorcyclist In Critical Condition Following Crash
A man is in critical condition after losing control of the motorcycle he was riding at 12:46 a.m. Tuesday, June 2, according to a press release by the Caledonia Police Department. Demeater Legrone, 42, of Racine, was thrown from the motorcycle he was riding in the 6300 block of Douglas Avenue. Legrone suffered serious injuries and was not wearing […]
Woman Charged in Hit & Run That Left Toddler in Critical Condition
Mount Pleasant police say a 46-year-old Racine woman panicked and fled the scene of an accident she caused last February that left a toddler in critical condition. Lisa Lackas will go before a judge on May 14 for her initial appearance to face a single felony charge of hit and run causing injury. If convicted, […]
1 Critically Injured in Morning Rush Hour Accident
Two people were injured in an early morning car crash Thursday in Sturtevant. Sturtevant police and South Shore fire responded at 7:35 a.m. to the corner of Washington Avenue and Wisconsin Street for a report of a two-car accident. Rescue crews from SSFD extricated Leroy Wahlstrom, 65, of Racine, and transported him to Froedtert Hospital […]
Racine Girl Shot In Attempted Homicide
UPDATE: The Racine Police Department has determined that this case is an attempted homicide. ORIGINAL STORY: A girl has reportedly been shot just outside her home and has been taken to Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, according to a story by CBS 58. The 15-year-old girl’s aunt, Mary Williams, said the girl was shot in the […]
12-year-old Boy Hospitalized After Snowmobile Crash
A 12-year-old boy is in serious condition at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee after he was thrown off of the snowmobile he was driving at 5:13 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, according to the Sturtevant Police Department. Officers from the Sturtevant Police Department and rescue personnel from the South Shore Fire Department were called to the scene of the crash […]
Terminally Ill Racine Man Keeps Positive with Help from His Friends
Terminally ill and living in a Racine motel, Kevin Cronin posts memes about wanting to be as fat as his cat Angel, that he didn’t know that in the first episode of the television show Happy Days that Arnold’s was actually called Arthur’s, and that he no longer requires his visitors to bring him cookies […]
Police: Early Morning Crash Alcohol Related, 2 Injured
The driver and passenger in a car that ended up on its roof, on fire, and in the basement of a downtown apartment building both suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in an overnight crash. Racine police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer confirmed in a press release that officers at 3:25 a.m. Friday observed a 2001 Monte […]
8-Year-Old Injured in Afternoon Crash
The 1200 block of Washington Avenue was closed for several hours Thursday afternoon after an 8-year-old boy was hit by a car. A press release from Racine police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer indicates the child was attempting to cross Washington Avenue when he was struck by an eastbound SUV. The impact threw the boy into the […]
UPDATE: Three Injured In Pit Bull Attack
Two seven-old boys and a man were injured after a pit bull attacked them at 12:41 p.m. Saturday at a residence in the 1500 block of Summit Avenue. The two boys were taken to Wheaton Franciscan Hospital — All Saints emergency room and later taken to Froedtert Hospital. The boys have been released from the […]
Two People Hospitalized Following Caledonia Car Crash
Two people were injured and taken to the hospital following a two-car crash that happened at about 12:53 p.m. Tuesday on Five Mile and Nicholson roads. Eugene Roeder, battalion chief for the Caledonia Fire Department, said an SUV struck a van, the van rolled over and ended up in a filed. “Both drivers had to […]
Boy Suffers Head Injury In Bicycle Crash, Released From Hospital
A 15-year-old Caledonia boy was treated and released from Froedtert Hospital after he struck a legally parked car while riding his bicycle at 4:58 p.m. Thursday in the 5600 block of Alburg Ave., according to the Caledonia Police Department. A witnesses told police the boy was waving to a person just before hitting the car. […]
Dump Truck vs. Car Sends 1 to Hospital on Flight for Life
An elderly woman was injured and transported by Flight for Life Thursday after the car she was driving was in an accident with a dump truck. The accident occurred at 11:09 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 31 and Spring Street, according to a press release from the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Officers say the […]
Early Morning Shooting Injures One
Racine police are actively investigating the shooting of a 55-year-old woman early Tuesday morning. RPD Sgt. Jessie Metoyer said in a written statement that a woman was shot in her vehicle at 6:41 a.m. Officer were originally responding to calls of an assault, but when police arrived on scene, they found the wounded victim. […]
