Adonis Arms Goes Airborne In Crash, Gets OWI-5th

MILWAUKEE, WI — A 47-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged with his fifth OWI after Sheriff's officials say he struck a median wall, went airborne and crashed into a bridge pillar.

On Saturday August 26, at 02:45 a.m., a Milwaukee police officer responded to northbound highway 145 at North. 76th Street for a one car rollover crash, and the lone occupant was trapped inside the vehicle but alert.

Sheriff’s deputies and multiple Milwaukee Fire Department personnel arrived on scene to find that a red 1997 Mercury Mountaineer sports utility vehicle was resting on top of the barrier wall alongside a pillar for the N. 76th Street bridge. It had severe damage to all areas of the vehicle.

Tire marks indicated the SUV went down the median embankment from N. 76th Street alongside northbound Hwy-145. It struck a fence, became airborne and landed on the collector ramp, at which time it became airborne again and struck the bridge pillar.

Rescue personnel extricated the operator, Adonis N. Arms, age 47, of Milwaukee. Sheriff's officials said Arms had red glassy eyes, slurred speech and a strong odor of intoxicants.

Arms admitted to drinking but would not say where, officials reported. Deputies were not able to perform Standardized Field Sobriety Tests due to potential internal injuries from the violent crash. Arms was arrested for OWI 5th. His record shows four prior convictions for OWI in November 2000, March 2001, August 2003 and September 2010.

Arms was transported to Froedtert Hospital emergency room for evaluation of his injuries and for a legal blood draw.

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