A man from Wisconsin, who has a history of criminal behavior, is back in jail after being accused of causing the death of an emergency medical technician (EMT) in a hit-and-run incident linked to street racing. This occurred on January 15, when local authorities responded to a crash in Milwaukee involving a pickup truck and an SUV. Both vehicles showed signs of having been in a high-speed collision.
When police arrived, the driver of the pickup truck was nowhere to be found. Witnesses later recounted seeing the truck, along with two other vehicles, at an intersection where they allegedly sped off as the light turned green, reaching speeds that witnesses estimated were around 130 mph. The complaint includes these details obtained by law enforcement.
The victim was identified as 34-year-old Meng Kueh, a paramedic for Bell Ambulance. Tragically, he didn’t survive the accident, and the coroner reported his death was due to multiple blunt force injuries.
Further investigation revealed that the pickup truck was traveling at an alarming 166 mph just before the crash and 161 mph just moments before colliding with Kueh’s SUV, despite the posted speed limit of 35 mph.
Identification and personal items belonging to 22-year-old Dayton Milligan were found at the scene, including a debit card and receipts. It turned out that Milligan was supervised by the Department of Corrections at the time of the incident.
Milligan was apprehended on January 16, the day after the crash. Another suspect, 37-year-old Earl Gordon, was arrested on January 19 after police interviewed a woman who had spoken with him on the phone shortly after the accident. She reported that Gordon had referenced an incident involving Milligan and had visited her soon after, seemingly aware of the events of the crash.
Gordon allegedly aided Milligan in leaving the scene, as police further discovered a matching blue jacket worn by Milligan during the crash and other incriminating items at a home they searched shortly after.
Milligan faces serious charges, including first-degree reckless homicide and hit-and-run resulting in death. This is not his first run-in with the law—he was previously convicted of second-degree reckless homicide in a separate incident that took place in 2021, where the victim died in a crash he caused while fleeing from the police.
Gordon, meanwhile, faces charges of hit-and-run and aiding a felon. Both men’s pasts raise questions about how they were allowed to remain free, drawing reactions from the community about the failures of the justice system to protect the public from repeat offenders.
