Greenfield car fire; 30-year-old found dead on I-43 ramp
GREENFIELD, Wis. - A 30-year-old man was found dead Tuesday morning, June 2, inside a burned vehicle on an I-43 offramp, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
What we know:
Milwaukee County’s 911 Dispatch Center broadcast about 9:46 a.m. Tuesday, that Greenfield police were at the scene of a car fire on westbound I-43 at the 60th Street offramp.
The Greenfield Fire Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office responded and closed the ramp.
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After Greenfield firefighters extinguished the fire, a deceased person was found in the burned vehicle’s driver’s seat.
The sheriff’s office said preliminary investigation suggests the burned car had been involved in an alleged hit-and-run shortly before the vehicle was found on fire.
According to the sheriff’s office, the reported victim in that alleged hit-and-run followed the striking vehicle to the location of the fire.
Officials said the striking vehicle allegedly backed up the ramp and hit the victim’s vehicle again.
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Dig deeper:
The victim then called 911 and waited. A short time later, first responders began arriving, saw the striking vehicle on fire and moved the victim to a safe distance while firefighters handled the blaze.
The deceased person was later determined to be a 30-year-old man. He was identified as Aaron Morris by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.
The incident and circumstances of his death remain under investigation by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
The Source: The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office provided information and FOX6 News had a crew on the scene.