‘Cruelly coincidental’: Police chief involved in car crash after press conference on reckless driving

Background: YouTube screenshot features scene of car crash involving Milwaukee Police chief Jeffrey Norman on Nov. 5, 2023 following a press conference where the mayor signed a resolution aimed at curbing reckless driving. Inset: YouTube screenshot from Fox affiliate WITI of Chief Jeffrey Norman.

Background: YouTube screenshot features scene of car crash involving Milwaukee Police chief Jeffrey Norman on Nov. 5, 2023 following a press conference where the mayor signed a resolution aimed at curbing reckless driving. Inset: YouTube screenshot from Fox affiliate WITI of Chief Jeffrey Norman.

Literal minutes after leaving a press conference in Wisconsin where he urged residents to stop their reckless driving, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman’s SUV was rear-ended by a dump truck driver who police say was trying to switch lanes at a red light.

Norman was inside the car with a fellow officer when the crash occurred Monday morning but he was not driving. They sustained non-life-threatening injuries and police said the vehicle’s rear window was shattered and the bumper dented. Police already in the area immediately scrambled to assist, according to a live video report shared on Facebook by local CBS affiliate WDJT. The driver is cooperating with police at this time though they have not been identified while an investigation is pending by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. No arrests or citations have been issued.

“The traffic crash that injured the Chief was cruelly coincidental in that it took place immediately following our news conference on reckless driving,” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson said in a statement reported by Milwaukee Public Radio. “We did not need this type of reminder that all drivers need to slow down and increase caution on our roadways.”

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