Police identify man who died in single-car crash in Oak Creek
One man died and a teenager was injured in a crash in Oak Creek on the 300 block of West Oakwood Road Saturday afternoon.
Oak Creek Police responded to the scene at 3:42 p.m. Saturday, April 13, where they found a vehicle had struck a tree after traveling west on West Oakwood Road, according to a news release from the Oak Creek Police Department.
The driver, identified in an updated news release on April 14 as 53-year-old James M. Kielma of Oak Creek, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 14-year-old girl was taken to a local hospital by the Oak Creek Fire Department with critical injuries, but her condition remains stable, authorities said.
"Upon initial investigation, speed appears to be a contributing factor to this crash," authorities said in the updated release.
The investigation is still open and active.
The Wisconsin State Patrol Technical Reconstruction Unit assisted in the call.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Oak Creek man dies, teenager hospitalized after crash in Oak Creek
