The Milwaukee Police Department says Dayton Milligan, a 22-year-old with a prior homicide conviction, was arrested after a pickup allegedly involved in a street race struck an SUV on Jan. 15, killing 34-year-old EMT Meng Kue. Vehicle data from the pickup's airbag control module shows speeds of about 106 mph seconds before impact on a street posted at 35 mph. Authorities linked Milligan to the truck through receipts and hospital security footage; he faces multiple charges, and a second man was also arrested in connection with the incident.
Repeat Offender Arrested After Milwaukee Street Race Kills EMT — Truck Was Traveling 106 MPH, Police Say
Repeat offender street racing at 106 mph mows down EMT after previously killing someone in crash: police
A Wisconsin man with a prior homicide conviction has been arrested after an alleged street-racing crash in Milwaukee that killed a 34-year-old EMT, police say.
Crash Details
Milwaukee police responded to a collision on Jan. 15 at the intersection of 76th and Appleton, where a pickup truck had struck an SUV. Both vehicles showed damage consistent with a high-speed impact. A witness told investigators she saw a pickup and two other vehicles race through the intersection when the light turned green, then collide with the SUV as it attempted to cross 76th Street.
34-year-old Meng Kue, a Bell Ambulance EMT, was killed in an alleged hit-and-run collision in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.(Fox News)
Victim
The driver of the SUV was identified as 34-year-old Meng Kue, an EMT with Bell Ambulance. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Kue's cause of death as multiple blunt force injuries.
Evidence and Vehicle Data
Investigators examined the pickup's airbag control module and determined the truck was traveling about 106 mph approximately 2.5 seconds before impact and about 101 mph 0.5 seconds before the collision. The posted speed limit on that stretch of 76th Street is 35 mph. Officers at the scene found identifying documents, debit cards and receipts bearing the name Dayton Milligan.
22-year-old Dayton Milligan is charged with first-degree reckless homicide, hit-and-run resulting in death and knowingly operating a motor vehicle while revoked – cause death of another, FOX 6 reported.
Identification, Arrests and Charges
Security footage from Children's Wisconsin reportedly shows a man identified as Dayton Milligan leaving the hospital in the pickup roughly 23 minutes before the crash. Milligan, 22, who was under Department of Corrections monitoring, was arrested on Jan. 16. According to the complaint, he faces first-degree reckless homicide, hit-and-run resulting in death, and knowingly operating a motor vehicle while revoked causing death.
On Jan. 19, police arrested 37-year-old Earl Gordon after a witness said he admitted involvement and later drove to the crash scene, picked up Milligan and fled. Gordon faces charges including hit-and-run resulting in death and harboring or aiding a felon.
37-year-old Earl Gordon is reportedly facing charges of hit-and-run resulting in death and harboring or aiding a felon.
Search Warrant Findings
A search warrant executed at a northwest-side Milwaukee residence reportedly turned up a blue 'puffy' jacket matching the hospital footage, a box of bandages, a firearm hidden under a mattress, the vehicle title for the pickup, and a pair of dark jeans with possible blood on the knees.
Prior Conviction
Court records show Milligan was previously convicted in June 2021 in Ashland County of second-degree reckless homicide and hit-and-run causing death. He accepted a plea deal that reduced an initial first-degree homicide charge; he was sentenced to four years in prison followed by six years of extended supervision and remained under Department of Corrections monitoring at the time of the Jan. 15 crash.
"It could have been prevented. I don't know what you do with a person like that — but he shouldn't be free to roam," said Sandy Deragon, the grandmother of the victim in the earlier case, referring to Milligan.
Both the Ashland and Milwaukee County prosecutor's offices did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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