An 18-year-old man was arrested after police say he drove at more than twice the speed limit through a Wisconsin neighborhood, hit a railroad crossing and crashed into multiple parked cars. A Ring camera on a nearby porch recorded the dark street as a vehicle crossed the frame and light flared across the road. No one was injured, according to Wausau Police.
Officers Were Already on the Street
Wausau Police said officers were on an OWI investigation along South 5th Avenue when they heard a loud crash a few blocks south of them. That detail places the response within seconds of the collision, on a street the department was already working. The department's account describes the crash as happening early on Saturday, Aug. 15.
An OWI case is the department's term for an operating-while-intoxicated investigation. In this instance, a second incident arrived before the first one had concluded, sending officers toward a different scene.
The public post combined the incident account with a broader appeal to residents, using one crash to make a point about a repeated problem on the roads.
The Sequence Police Described
Police said the driver was traveling at more than twice the posted speed limit when the vehicle reached a railroad crossing. He then lost control, and the car struck multiple parked vehicles along the street, according to the department.
The vehicles that were damaged were parked, not moving in traffic, which shaped the scene officers found: property damage rather than a collision between two moving cars at speed.
Police said no one was injured, and they arrested the driver. The department did not name him in its public account, and it described the matter as an OWI case.
Speed is the thread running through the account: more than twice the limit on a residential street is the number the department chose to highlight.
What the Camera Recorded
The footage is short and shot in near-darkness. It shows a residential street seen from a porch, with a railing in the foreground and decorative icicle lights hanging above.
A vehicle moves across the frame, its headlights visible before the view brightens with glare. The clip's value is less about clarity than timing — a few seconds on an ordinary block, captured without anyone deciding to film.
Wausau Police paired the video with advice for anyone who has been drinking, telling residents to plan another way home:
- Call a friend
- Call a cab
- Call a rideshare
- Take a walk
The department said the risk is not worth losing a vehicle, money or a life.
Why the Footage Matters
Home cameras have turned quiet streets into places where a few seconds of footage can reach a wide audience, and this case followed that pattern. A crash with no injuries still drew notice because the moment was recorded.
The warning was aimed at the hours before a drive rather than at the wreck itself. Police laid out alternatives in simple terms and let residents draw the conclusion.
The matter is being reviewed as an OWI case, and no conclusion beyond the arrest has been shared publicly. Some details — including the exact speed recorded and the precise location of the crossing — were not independently confirmed.
If someone had made a phone call instead of driving that night, would the crash have happened at all?
According to Wausau Police and ABC7; this story was edited from a publicly posted video and some details may not be independently verified.
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