Driver Who Left DPW Worker To Die Is Now On The Run: Report

MILWAUKEE, WI -- Authorities say the man accused in the hit-and-run death of a Milwaukee Department of Public Works road worker has been criminally charged and is also on the run.

Court documents state that Terron A. Clayborn, 30, Milwaukee, has been charged with hit-and-run causing death, and operating a motor vehicle while suspended.

According to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County, Clayborn was behind the wheel of a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina as he and a female passenger were driving north along N. 17th Street on the morning of Feb. 8.

They had just dropped off the woman's children at school, according to reports.

During an investigation conducted by Milwaukee police, the woman told investigators that she and Clayborn saw a DPW truck stopped in the right lane, and a worker - later identified as Bryan Rodriguez - near the back of the truck filling potholes.

According to the criminal complaint, she told investigators that Clayborn tried swerving around the truck, but ended up crashing into the rear of the truck, pinning Rodriguez between the truck and his car.

Milwaukee police reported that Rodriguez suffered severe trauma to his left leg and was transported to Froedtert Hospital by the Milwaukee Fire Department. He did not survive his injuries.

According to reports, as the incident was unfolding, the woman told police she tried to flag down vehicles to help, but that cars kept driving past just to video record the incident with their phones.

Reports stated that as Rodriguez remained pinned between his truck and Clayborn's car, Clayborn managed to secure a ride home for himself and the woman, leaving Rodriguez at the scene.

According to the criminal complaint, once they were driven to the woman's house, Clayborn order the woman to drive him to his brother's house.

The woman told police that Clayborn ordered her not to go to the hospital. At one point during the confrontation, the woman told police that Clayborn pointed a gun at the side of her body, ordering her to drive him to his brother's house, the complaint stated.

Once the woman dropped Clayborn off at his brother's house, reports indicated that she went to a nearby hospital. “I think he killed somebody and I think he’s going to kill me,” the woman told police, believing that Clayborn would kill her because she went to the hospital, according to reports.

According to court records, Clayborn has 14 convictions on his record for operating a motor vehicle while having a suspended license between Oct. 2014 and Feb. 2019.

Image Via Shutterstock