Boy killed on bicycle, Milwaukee man sentenced to prison

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MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for: accident in which 13-year-old Amare Crump diedwho was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk when he was hit.

Veyante McArthur, 24, he pleaded guilty in August to manslaughter as a result of negligent operation of a vehicle. In addition to his prison sentence, he was sentenced to three years of extended supervision.

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It happened in June 2023. The report states that McArthur was driving a Nissan sedan and collided with a Dodge truck. The Nissan then drove off the road onto the sidewalk, striking Crump. The Nissan still collided with several UTVs parked in the dealership’s parking lot.

Surveillance footage shows the Dodge traveling east on Denver Avenue and stopping at the intersection at 76th Street. The complaint says the Dodge crossed the southbound lane of 76th Street and began turning left into the northbound lane.

Amare Crump; accident near 76th and Good Hope

The complaint states that a Chevrolet SUV passed in front of the Dodge, causing the Dodge to stop. As the Dodge resumed its turn, the Nissan came into view and collided with the Dodge’s passenger side at a high rate of speed. The Nissan then went off the road onto the sidewalk and hit Crump.

Investigators spoke with the driver of the Dodge. The driver said he saw the Nissan “further down the road” before the crash, but “believed he had managed to turn” before he was hit. The complaint says McArthur’s car was traveling at 76.5 mph five seconds before impact and 69.6 mph at the time of impact. The speed limit on 76th Street, where the crash occurred, is 40 miles per hour.

The complaint alleges that if McArthur had been driving the speed limit, he could have stopped the car more than 100 feet short of where he struck the Dodge. McArthur admitted to investigators that he was driving “significantly faster” than the speed limit, according to the complaint, but he didn’t think he was going as fast as 77 miles per hour.