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Fiery multi-vehicle crash in Milwaukee neighborhood, suspects on the run

Four cars were involved in a crash at approximately 11:30 a.m. near Cramer Street and Linnwood Avenue.

Fiery multi-vehicle crash in Milwaukee neighborhood, suspects on the run

Four cars were involved in a crash at approximately 11:30 a.m. near Cramer Street and Linnwood Avenue.

THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS. AND WE START WITH BREAKING NEWS HERE AT FOUR, A FIERY PILE UP NEAR THE UW MILWAUKEE CAMPUS. THAT FIREBALL DESTROYED THREE VEHICLES, MIRACULOUS NO ONE WAS INJURED. THAT CRASH NEAR KRAMER AND LINWOOD POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE WHO RAN FROM THE SCENE. 12 NEWS NICK BOHR IS AT THE SCENE THIS AFTERNOON. NICK, THIS STARTED WITH A POLICE CHASE RIGHT THERE, GETTING TO SEE SOME OF THE DEBRIS THERE ON THE ROAD. STILL BEHIND ME, POLICE SAY THAT THEIR OFFICERS SPOTTED THE SUSPECTS TRYING TO STEAL A CAR FROM A UW M LOT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THEY STARTED CHASING A KIA CONNECTED WITH THAT ATTEMPTED THEFT. BUT THEY CALLED IT OFF WHEN THAT CAR HIT A BICYCLIST A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, THAT KIA HIT ANOTHER CAR AT AN INTERSECTION. IT THEN PLOWED INTO THREE PARKED CARS, DRIVING THEM UP AND ON TOP OF THE KIA 12 NEWS OBTAINED VIDEO SHOWING FOUR PEOPLE BAIL OUT OF THE CAR AND RUN OFF. AFTER A MINUTE OR SO, THE CAR BURST INTO FLAMES, EVENTUALLY CONSUMED THREE CARS AND DAMAGING A FOURTH 12 NEWS OBTAINED SEVERAL VIDEOS SHOWING THE CARS UP IN FLAMES FROM WITNESSES AND NEIGHBORS NEARBY. AS THEY WATCHED THE CHAOTIC SCENE. THE FIRE STARTED AND THE HEAT HIT ME IN THE FACE. AND THEN THAT’S WHEN THE COP CARS SHOWED UP. AND THAT’S WHEN THEY’RE SAYING, EVERYONE GET AWAY BECAUSE THERE’S ALMOST FOUR CARS STARTED ON FIRE AND NICK, DO WE KNOW WHERE POLICE ARE AT IN THEIR INVESTIGATION? IRON WELL, THEY SAY IT IS STILL EARLY, BUT THEY DID RECOVER SOME CLOTHING FROM THE CAR BEFORE THE FIRE GOT OUT OF CONTROL. WE SAW THEM GATHERING THAT EVIDENCE HERE ON THE SCENE. THEY’LL ALSO BE LOOKING AT EVIDENCE FROM THAT PARKING LOT, INCLUDING VIDEO THERE, TO TRY TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECTS. BUT SO FAR
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Fiery multi-vehicle crash in Milwaukee neighborhood, suspects on the run

Four cars were involved in a crash at approximately 11:30 a.m. near Cramer Street and Linnwood Avenue.

Four cars were involved in a crash at approximately 11:30 a.m. near Cramer Street and Linnwood Avenue.12 News obtained video showing the crash, as a white Kia blows the stop sign and strikes a black car, then plows into and under two parked cars. Moments later, another witness captured video of the four people inside that car, running away.University of Wisconsin Milwaukee police received a report that initiated a pursuit Thursday before noon.UWM police David Salazar said the incident started as an auto theft attempt in a UWM parking lot.Police pursued the suspects in a vehicle that struck a bicyclist; according to police, the bicyclist was uninjured.The suspect vehicle continued as police rendered aid to the cyclist. And later crashed into a vehicle at Linnwood and Cramer. UWM police say four suspects fled the car and continue to search for the suspects.

Four cars were involved in a crash at approximately 11:30 a.m. near Cramer Street and Linnwood Avenue.

12 News obtained video showing the crash, as a white Kia blows the stop sign and strikes a black car, then plows into and under two parked cars. Moments later, another witness captured video of the four people inside that car, running away.

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University of Wisconsin Milwaukee police received a report that initiated a pursuit Thursday before noon.

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UWM police David Salazar said the incident started as an auto theft attempt in a UWM parking lot.

Police pursued the suspects in a vehicle that struck a bicyclist; according to police, the bicyclist was uninjured.

The suspect vehicle continued as police rendered aid to the cyclist. And later crashed into a vehicle at Linnwood and Cramer.

UWM police say four suspects fled the car and continue to search for the suspects.

Fiery multi-vehicle crash in Milwaukee neighborhood, suspects on the run
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Four cars involved in a crash near Cramer Street and Linnwood Avenue.