Milwaukee girl killed in off-road vehicle crash along Muskego's southern edge
MUSKEGO - A 17-year-old Milwaukee girl died after the utility terrain vehicle on which she was riding crashed off-road in Muskego on Sunday evening.
The girl, who has not been identified by Muskego police but who friends said attended Franklin High School, was a passenger on the UTV driven by someone else on private property in what authorities loosely described as the W13700 block of Union Church Drive, west of 124th Street, on the city's southern edge.
She sustained a head injury in the crash, which occurred shortly before 7 p.m., and was pronounced dead at the scene.
No information was available on the driver, who was also from outside of Waukesha County, according to Muskego Police Lt. Andy Kraus, who posted updated information Monday on the department's Facebook page.
According to Google maps, there are no homes between the W14200 and W13400 blocks of the road, also known as 8 Mile Road, a rural area largely consisting of farmland.
In addition to Muskego police, the Tess Corners Fire and Rescue Department, the town of Norway Police Department, the Racine County Sheriff’s Department and the Wind Lake Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to the scene. The investigation was turned over to over to the Waukesha County Medical Examiner’s Office as well as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
The medical examiner's office said no further information was immediately available.
Contact Jim Riccioli at (262) 446-6635 or james.riccioli@jrn.com. Follow him on Twitter at @jariccioli.
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