MILWAUKEE (WTAQ) – The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office reports a Milwaukee alderman was driving drunk when he suffered fatal injuries in a motorcycle crash Thursday.
56-year-old Joseph Dudzik died when his Harley-Davison slammed into some construction barriers on Milwaukee’s southwest side just before midnight Thursday. He was thrown about 75 feet, suffering serious injuries, including a significant head injury.
He wasn’t wearing a helmet and he died early Friday at a Milwaukee hospital. The Medical Examiner reports Dudzik had a blood-alcohol content level of 0.137.
Dudzik had represented the city’s 11th District on the Common Council since 2002. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
