I worked w/ this officer for the last 3 or so years.. Last I heard the hospital still had him cut wide open trying to stop the internal bleeding.. It's pretty clear from hospital staff that his leg/ankle/hip are injured so bad that he'll never be a cop again.. The real bad part is because he was off duty (driving home from work in uniform) the city won't cover him. That means he only has about 3 months of time on the payroll between sick/vacation/comp time and holidays.. After that 3 months is up he stops getting a paycheck..
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A 23-year-old woman who injured an off-duty Milwaukee police officer in a wrong-way crash on I-94 was charged Friday with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle/great bodily harm.
Erin M. Salmon of Milwaukee was driving a Nissan Altima westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-94 just after midnight Wednesday and crashed head-on into Joshua Albert's Toyota Scion just west of N. 35th St., according to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
Authorities said her headlights were off until just before the crash.
Albert, a Milwaukee police officer since March 2009, had just finished work and was on his way home.
According to the criminal complaint, a Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputy reviewed state Department of Transportation video that showed Salmon got on I-94 via the Van Buren St. off ramp.
She drove the wrong way for about 2.4 miles and about 50 eastbound vehicles passed her, many having to slow down or swerve to avoid colliding with her vehicle, the complaint says.
"When the Nissan entered the expressway, the headlights were illuminated, but at one point she stopped for approximately one (1) minute in traffic, turned the headlights off, then continued driving the wrong way," the complaint says.
Albert's injuries included a "severe pelvic injury with several fractures, a spinal fluid leak, internal bleeding and a severe left ankle injury, a fracture of his femur along with cuts and abrasions," the complaint states.
Salmon's injuries included a lacerated spleen and liver, an aortic tear, brain injury and a shattered right leg, the complaint says.
Both are being treated at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Salmon was issued citations for operating while intoxicated-first offense; driving the wrong way on a divided highway; driving without proper lamps lighted; and reckless driving/endangering safety, the sheriff's office said.
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A 23-year-old woman who injured an off-duty Milwaukee police officer in a wrong-way crash on I-94 was charged Friday with second-degree recklessly endangering safety and injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle/great bodily harm.
Erin M. Salmon of Milwaukee was driving a Nissan Altima westbound in the eastbound lanes of I-94 just after midnight Wednesday and crashed head-on into Joshua Albert's Toyota Scion just west of N. 35th St., according to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
Authorities said her headlights were off until just before the crash.
Albert, a Milwaukee police officer since March 2009, had just finished work and was on his way home.
According to the criminal complaint, a Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputy reviewed state Department of Transportation video that showed Salmon got on I-94 via the Van Buren St. off ramp.
She drove the wrong way for about 2.4 miles and about 50 eastbound vehicles passed her, many having to slow down or swerve to avoid colliding with her vehicle, the complaint says.
"When the Nissan entered the expressway, the headlights were illuminated, but at one point she stopped for approximately one (1) minute in traffic, turned the headlights off, then continued driving the wrong way," the complaint says.
Albert's injuries included a "severe pelvic injury with several fractures, a spinal fluid leak, internal bleeding and a severe left ankle injury, a fracture of his femur along with cuts and abrasions," the complaint states.
Salmon's injuries included a lacerated spleen and liver, an aortic tear, brain injury and a shattered right leg, the complaint says.
Both are being treated at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa.
Salmon was issued citations for operating while intoxicated-first offense; driving the wrong way on a divided highway; driving without proper lamps lighted; and reckless driving/endangering safety, the sheriff's office said.
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