Jesse Garza

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MILWAUKEE — A woman accused of killing a pedestrian after fleeing a hit-and-run crash drove back and fourth several times over the victim in an attempt to dislodge her before finally being stopped by witnesses, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.

The driver, Shaniece T. Davis, 28, of Watertown, Wis., then exited her sport-utility vehicle, lit a cigarette and walked away while making a call on her cellphone, according to the complaint.

Carol Ann Daniel, 58, died at a hospital where she was taken after being struck shortly after 8:30 a.m. CT Thursday at North 92nd Street and West Lisbon Avenue. Davis was charged Monday with second-degree reckless homicide and hit-and-run/attended vehicle, according to the complaint.

According to the complaint field in Milwaukee County Circuit Court:

Davis was driving a Ford Explorer when she collided with a Chevy Traverse at North 92nd Street and West Capitol Drive, injuring a woman and her son who were in the vehicle.

She then drove off at a high rate of speed, ran a red light and struck a van at North 92nd Street and West Lisbon Avenue. She continued to flee before striking Daniel, who was in a crosswalk walking north across Lisbon on the west side of the street.

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A man who followed Davis from the first crash said Daniel became trapped under the vehicle when it came to a rest on a sidewalk and that Davis drove back-and-forth four or five times in an attempt to dislodge her and flee the scene.

The man then grabbed the front bumper to try to stop Davis while another man tried to break her driver's side window. Another man who ran up to the SUV told Davis that someone was trapped under the vehicle, but Davis just yelled back at him and continued going back-and-forth.

The second man then grabbed a concrete block and placed it under a tire to prevent the vehicle from moving before Davis exited, lit a cigarette and started making a call on her cellphone as she walked away, according to the complaint.

She was still walking when police arrived and was arrested after witnesses pointed her out.

Davis denied knowing that there was a pedestrian trapped under her vehicle, claimed that her brakes did not work and said she fled the scene of the first crash because she didn't have insurance, the complaint said.

Davis pleaded not guilty and Court Commissioner Barry Phillips set her bail at $50,000.

She was in custody Monday in the Milwaukee County Jail, according to jail and court records.

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