MILWAUKEE, WI. (THECOUNT) — Jason Tiller and Shameka Calhoun, both from Milwaukee, were named by the Milwaukee Fire Department as the victims killed in a single-vehicle crash involving a motorcycle Wednesday night, June 13.
Tiller, 39 and Calhoun, 38, (pictured,) were traveling on a motorcycle when the operator, Tiller, failed to negotiate a turn on South Carferry Drive and crashed.
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Sheriff’s officials noted family members of the victims came to the scene — running across the southbound lanes and over the median wall, which resulted in a full closure on both sides of the freeway. They were escorted to a park area near the scene. The Milwaukee Police Department assisted with traffic control on Oklahoma Avenue.
Sheriff’s officials said good Samaritans stopped to render aid around 10 p.m. — beginning CPR on one of the victims. The second victim’s injuries were too severe for them to attempt CPR. When deputies arrived, they took over CPR on both victims. source
Tiller was pronounced dead at the scene. Calhoun was taken to the medical examiner’s office and pronounced dead around 10:30 p.m.
Milwaukee County sheriff’s officials said witnesses indicated a group of motorcycles entered the freeway at a high rate of speed.
According to the MCSO, the initial investigation indicated that this was a one-vehicle crash, and that the motorcycle entered the freeway at Oklahoma Avenue, failed to negotiate the curve south of S. Carferry Drive — and struck and rode the median “GM traffic barrier.” It struck a sign post, and both the driver and passenger were thrown from the motorcycle, which remained upright and continued another one-tenth of a mile.
The exact cause of the crash is under investigation.
Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Calhoun: