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It comes just weeks after the tragic death of two lacrosse players in the same city
DRIVERS in a major US city could be at risk of losing their vehicles after fresh legislation was passed.
Milwaukee police will be able to seize residents’ cars if they are involved in a reckless driving incident.
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Drivers will be have their vehicles taken away even if they don’t own the car.
“These are preventable deaths. These are preventable injuries and we’re all working and rolling in the same direction to stop them,” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson told WPR’s Wisconsin Today on Tuesday.
Johnson added that the Wisconsin city is suffering from a “public safety crisis” following damning data that the rate of fatal crashes in the city have been increasing at a higher rate than the rest of the USA for the past 11 years.
“I believe we’ll send a very strong signal that we’re not taking this lightly, and that there’s going to be owner responsibility if you loan out your vehicle,” Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman added.
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“They cannot see a world where there is no accountability or some type of intervention methods for those who are bringing harm or danger to our roads or to our community.”
Locals have also been warned that the state Legislature could soon pass bills enforcing red light and speed enforcement cameras and strict speed limits on drivers who have previously surpassed the limit.
Milwaukee County District Attorney Kent Lovern said: “Our approach is to recommend some amount of incarceration time upfront with every sentence that we achieve a conviction on.”
It comes just weeks after two Marquette lacrosse players were killed in a car accident.
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Scott Michaud, 19, and Noah Snyder, 20, were both members of the Marquette lacrosse team.
They were killed on September 5 in Milwaukee.
Three of their teammates were also injured in the crash.
Their injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Amandria Brunner, a 41-year-old West Allis native, has been charged with two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle while having a prior intoxicant-related conviction.
If convicted on both counts, she faces up to 80 years in prison.
According to a criminal complaint, Brunner attempted to turn left in front of an SUV taking the Marquette players to a thrift store.
A mass was held in honor of the killed students on Marquette’s campus, and university president Dr. Kimo Ah Yun shared a statement regarding their death.
“The two students were Noah Snyder and Scott Michaud, both student-athletes on the Marquette men’s lacrosse team,” the statement read.
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“Both Noah and Scott were strong students, being named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team in their first year at Marquette for maintaining a 3.0 grade point average.
“Please keep Noah and Scott’s parents, siblings and families, and the Marquette Athletics and college communities in your prayers.”
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