Minivan crashes into Milwaukee home, driver dead at the scene

Minivan crashes into home, driver dead

A minivan crashed into a home on Milwaukee's south side Saturday. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

MILWAUKEE - A minivan crashed straight into a home on Milwaukee's south side early Saturday morning. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

Windlake and Harrison

What we know:

It happened just before 3 a.m. Doorbell camera video showed the minivan headed west on Windlake Avenue when it went over the curb, across the yard and into the home at the corner of Harrison Avenue.

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Police said the driver was 29 years old. No one inside the home was hurt.

What we don't know:

Police have not said what factors contributed to the crash.

Vehicle crashes into home near 19th and Windlake

Ring video captured the moments a vehicle drove straight into the front of a house in Milwaukee early Saturday morning, Nov. 22. CREDIT: Shane Mervyn

Porch collapses

What they're saying:

The homeowner, Shane Mervyn, told FOX6 News he woke up to his house shaking. 

"I had come out to find a car had destroyed my front porch, and the driver unfortunately was still in the car, not alive," he said.

Vehicle crashes into home on Windlake Ave.

Mervyn has owned the home for almost 50 years. He said, aside from the porch, the rest of the house was untouched. The minivan's contents were scattered.

Reckless driving

Dig deeper:

Michael Closser, Mervyn's brother-in-law, said dangerous driving is common in the area.

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"We're just here trying to clean this up, make some sense out of it all," he said. "You'll see people get passed in the opposite lanes of traffic coming around here. It's most definitely the drivers."

The crash happened in Common Council President José Pérez's district. He said he has considered implementing traffic-calming measures, like speed bumps, in the area. He also asked the Department of Public Works for reckless driving data.