Off-duty Milwaukee police officer in 'grave' condition after Oak Creek crash

Officer James Nowak was fallen Officer Peter Jerving's partner in MPD

Officer James Nowak was fallen Officer Peter Jerving's partner in MPD

SIGNS HERE ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE SAY NO SEMI TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED, BUT A HALF MILE DOWN THE ROAD IS WHERE POLICE SAY OFF DUTY OFFICER JAMES NOWAK’S CAR SLAMMED INTO THE SIDE OF A SEMI TRUCK TRYING TO MAKE A U-TURN. I HAVE A VEHICLE UNDERNEATH A SEMI TRUCK. PHOTOS FROM THE SCENE SHARED WITH 12 NEWS SHOW THE FRONT END OF NOWAK’S CAR SMASHED UNDERNEATH A SEMI TRUCKS TRAILER. IT DOES SEEM TO BE BETWEEN THE DASH AND THE DOOR FIRST RESPONDERS REMOVED. NOWAK FROM THE CAR AND RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. RESPONDING TO OAK AND NICHOLSON FOR AN EXTRICATION ASSIGNMENT DOES SOUND LIKE THE SUBJECT’S GOING TO BE UNRESPONSIVE AT THIS TIME. NOWAK, THE PARTNER OF MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER PETER GERVING, WHO WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN FEBRUARY WHILE TRYING TO MAKE AN ARREST. NOWAK WAS NOT WITH DRIVING THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING A VERIFIED GO-FUND-ME PAGE SAYS NOWAK, WITH MILWAUKEE POLICE FOR NEARLY A DECADE. IT ADDS, NOWAK COULD PUT A SMILE ON ANYONE’S FACE AND TRULY HAD THE BIGGEST HEART AND LAUGH. MONDAY NIGHT, A GROWING MEMORIAL AT THE CRASH SCENE FOR NOWAK WITH A CROSS, A FLAG AND FLOWERS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY’RE STILL LOOKING INTO WHAT CAUSED THE

Off-duty Milwaukee police officer in 'grave' condition after Oak Creek crash

Officer James Nowak was fallen Officer Peter Jerving's partner in MPD

An off-duty Milwaukee police was seriously injured Sunday night in a crash between a car and a semi-truck near Pennsylvania and Poplar avenues, according to Oak Creek police.WISN 12 News has confirmed through multiple sources that 30-year-old Officer James Nowak was the driver.Oak Creek police said Nowak is in intensive care at Froedtert Hospital in grave condition. He is not expected to survive, police said. An Oak Creek police captain told WISN 12 News the two vehicles were both traveling southbound on Pennsylvania when the semi attempted to make a U-turn. A WISN 12 News crew observed no semi truck signs on Pennsylvania Ave. about a half mile away from the crash scene.Oak Creek police said the semi-truck driver and passenger did stay at the scene and are cooperating with the investigation. They were not hurt.There was no one else in the car. Milwaukee police have not made any statements. Nowak is the former partner of fallen Officer Peter Jerving, who was killed in the line-of-duty in February during a foot chase on the south side. Nowak was not with Jerving during the confrontation. A growing memorial with a cross, flag and flowers was near the crash scene Monday night. A GoFundMe campaign has been started for Nowak's family. This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.

OAK CREEK, Wis. —

An off-duty Milwaukee police was seriously injured Sunday night in a crash between a car and a semi-truck near Pennsylvania and Poplar avenues, according to Oak Creek police.

WISN 12 News has confirmed through multiple sources that 30-year-old Officer James Nowak was the driver.

Oak Creek police said Nowak is in intensive care at Froedtert Hospital in grave condition. He is not expected to survive, police said.

An Oak Creek police captain told WISN 12 News the two vehicles were both traveling southbound on Pennsylvania when the semi attempted to make a U-turn.

Crash scene on Pennsylvania Avenue in Oak Creek

Oak Creek Police Department

A WISN 12 News crew observed no semi truck signs on Pennsylvania Ave. about a half mile away from the crash scene.

Oak Creek police said the semi-truck driver and passenger did stay at the scene and are cooperating with the investigation. They were not hurt.

There was no one else in the car.

Milwaukee police have not made any statements.

Nowak is the former partner of fallen Officer Peter Jerving, who was killed in the line-of-duty in February during a foot chase on the south side. Nowak was not with Jerving during the confrontation.

A growing memorial with a cross, flag and flowers was near the crash scene Monday night. A GoFundMe campaign has been started for Nowak's family.

This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.

Off-duty Milwaukee police officer in 'grave' condition after Oak Creek crash

Officer James Nowak was fallen Officer Peter Jerving's partner in MPD

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