MILWAUKEE (AP) - Authorities say a Milwaukee couple had been arguing as they drove down U.S. Highway 45. Now they face homicide charges in the death of a motorcyclist that shut down the freeway north of Milwaukee for several hours today.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department says the initial investigation found the 27-year-old Milwaukee woman was arguing with her 29-year-old husband as she drove. It says she lost control of her car and crashed into an SUV on the car's left side, then a motorcycle on the right. The impact caused the motorcycle to explode and sent the motorcyclist off a bridge and onto a parkway underneath.
The motorcyclist, a 54-year-old West Milwaukee man, was declared dead at a hospital.
The driver and her husband were taken to the same hospital.
