A Wisconsin repeat offender convicted of killing someone in a car collision is back in jail after allegedly killing an EMT in a street-racing hit-and-run crash.
The incident occurred in Milwaukee on Thursday, Jan. 15, after local officials were dispatched to the scene of a crash in which a pickup truck allegedly struck an SUV, causing damage consistent with a high-speed collision, FOX 6 said.
The driver of the pickup truck was apparently not there when officers arrived.
A witness later told police that she spotted a pickup truck and two other cars at the intersection of 76th and Appleton, and that when the light turned green, “the three vehicles began racing down 76th Street,” according to a complaint obtained by FOX 6.
According to the complaint, the witness estimated that the vehicles “reached a speed of 80 mph,” colliding with the SUV as it attempted to cross 76th Street.
According to police, the witness then stopped to assist and approached the driver of the pickup vehicle, who was wearing a blue “puffy jacket” and appeared upset but not injured.
The witness claimed that the driver “grabbed some items from inside the truck and then got into one of the [other] vehicles that had also been racing” before fleeing the area.
The SUV’s driver was later identified as Meng Kue, a 34-year-old Bell Ambulance EMT. Kue did not survive the crash, and the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that his cause of death was numerous blunt force injuries.
Police searched the pickup truck at the scene of the crash and determined that it was driving at 106 mph around 2.5 seconds before impact and 101 mph 0.5 seconds before colliding with Kue’s SUV using the vehicle’s Airbag Control Module (ACM). The speed limit on the street is apparently set at 35 mph.
Investigators discovered identifying documents, debit cards, and multiple receipts bearing the name “Dayton Milligan” and later discovered he was “currently on Department of Corrections monitoring,” according to the complaint.
Authorities reportedly discovered a blue Dodgers baseball cap and a visitor’s tag from the Children’s Wisconsin hospital, both dated the same day as the crash, with hospital surveillance footage showing Milligan leaving in the pickup truck just 23 minutes before the alleged crash.
Milligan, 22, was later found and arrested on Jan. 16, one day after the alleged hit-and-run.
On January 19, officials detained Earl Gordon, 37, after speaking with a lady who claimed she had spoken with him on the phone the night of the suspected incident.
According to the complaint, the lady claimed Gordon informed her that “something had happened to his cousin, Defendant Dayton Milligan,” and “showed up at her residence and asked to stay on her couch” the next day.
When Gordon arrived, “she had already seen the news and knew from the video of the crash and the vehicles involved that Defendant Milligan was involved in the fatal crash,” according to the lawsuit.
When the woman questioned Gordon, he claimed he was driving when he lost sight of the pickup truck and another racing car, and then “he saw a large cloud of smoke and saw the crash. ” Defendant Gordon told [the lady] that he then drove to the crash site, picked up Defendant Milligan, and fled the scene, according to FOX 6.
Later that day, Milwaukee police allegedly conducted a search warrant at a property on the city’s northwest side, where they “located a blue ‘puffy’ jacket consistent with Defendant Milligan’s from the Children’s Hospital video on the day of the crash,” according to the complaint.
Authorities allegedly discovered a box of bandages, a handgun hidden beneath a living room mattress, the title of the suspected striking car, and “a pair of dark jeans with possible blood on the knees.”
Milligan has been charged with first-degree reckless murder, hit-and-run resulting in death, and willfully operating a motor vehicle when revoked, causing the death of another, according to Fox 6.
Gordon is apparently charged with hit-and-run resulting in death, as well as sheltering or helping a felon.
According to court records acquired by FOX 6, Milligan was convicted in nearby Ashland County in June 2021 of second-degree reckless homicide and hit-and-run resulting in death.
He is currently serving extended supervision after accepting a plea deal in which he faced a first-degree reckless murder charge with a maximum term of 60 years in connection with the death of Mahzhaquad Ford, according to WTMJ. He was eventually sentenced to four years in prison and six years on extended supervision.
Prosecutors claim Ford rushed into Milligan’s vehicle during a cocaine exchange, leading Milligan to accelerate away and crash into a tree, killing Ford. It could have been prevented. “I’m not sure what you do with a person like that, but he shouldn’t be free to roam,” Ford’s grandma, Sandy Deragon, told the source.
Gordon was also convicted in 2023 of hit-and-run causing grievous bodily harm, according to FOX 6.
The Ashland and Milwaukee County Prosecutors’ Offices did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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