Three people were killed after their vehicle collided with Milwaukee‘s 16th Street Viaduct on Thursday night, after the start of a police pursuit connected to a drug investigation.
Officials spotted a Toyota Avalon near 22nd and Mineral and a suspected drug transaction.
The driver escaped an attempted traffic stop.
Very soon, officials said the vehicle went across the 16th Street Viaduct and through the center line, hitting an 18-year-old woman on the sidewalk, who was hospitalized with minor injuries.
The vehicle then went through the safety fencing and off the viaduct, catching.
All three occupants were pronounced dead.
They are yet to be identified.