SUV Goes Airborne During Pursuit, Slams Into Car Lot: Complaint

GREENFIELD, WI — During a police pursuit early Sunday morning the driver of an SUV lost control, sending their car airborne and into powerlines and numerous parked cars at the Rosen Nissan parking lot on 5500 27th Street in Greenfield, according to Greenfield police in a criminal complaint.

An officer had laid out stop sticks on 27th Street, near the dealership, ahead of the SUV speeding down the street, according to the complaint. Police said they were pursuing the SUV after they saw it and a sedan traveling about 80 mph down 27th near Coldspring Road around 2 a.m that day, the complaint said.

Right before the crash, the SUV, which looked to be going around 100 mph at that point, swerved and narrowly missed the officer who was deploying the stop sticks, police said in the complaint.

Earlier, police had tried to stop the SUV and sedan with lights and sirens, the complaint said. Eventually, the sedan veered eastbound onto Layton Avenue and an officer continued to pursue the SUV that was going even faster down 27th Street, police said in the complaint.

Aaron J. Kirksey, 26, of Kenosha, is accused of driving the fleeing SUV that crashed, according to the complaint. Kirksey is facing criminal charges filed Monday in Milwaukee County Count in connection with the crash:

• Operator flee/elude officer-body harm or property damage.
• 2nd-degree recklessly endangering safety.

Police said in the complaint that after the SUV crashed, the driver attempted to flee on foot. He was sent to Froedtert Hospital after he said he had pain and difficulty breathing and he later became aggressive toward workers at the hospital, police said in the criminal complaint.

Police said they found a small bag of something that was suspected to be THC and a Ruger firearm with one round in the chamber on top of a magazine in the car, according to the criminal complaint.

A passenger who was in the SUV when it crashed had pain in their leg and a cut eyebrow, the complaint said.