A 32-year-old woman from Wisconsin is currently in custody following her alleged role in a deadly car crash that claimed one life and injured three others. The woman, A’Jena Wynn-Howard, is suspected of driving at a speed of 102 mph in a 35 mph zone, which resulted in a collision with another vehicle. She was taken into custody on Saturday and is now facing charges of first-degree reckless homicide and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, as per court records.
The incident took place on May 10, 2025, when officers from the Milwaukee Police Department responded to emergency calls about a multi-vehicle accident on the 4300 block of N 76th Street. Eyewitnesses reported that one of the vehicles involved in the crash was “split in half,” and there were accounts of an individual being “ejected from one of the vehicles.”
Upon reaching the scene, first responders found a Chevrolet Traverse and a Jeep Patriot in the northbound lane of N 76th Street. The Traverse had been struck by a speeding 2021 Jeep Wrangler, allegedly driven by Wynn-Howard. Inside the severely damaged Traverse, the body of an adult female, later identified as Tonya Missouri-Smith, was discovered. Missouri-Smith’s son, who was also in the vehicle, sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Wynn-Howard’s Jeep was located over 400 feet north of the other two vehicles, with significant front-end damage. The investigation revealed that Wynn-Howard’s Jeep Wrangler had collided at high speed with the rear of the Chevrolet Traverse, pushing it into the Jeep Patriot.
An autopsy report indicated that Missouri-Smith died from multiple blunt force injuries consistent with a vehicular crash. These injuries included facial lacerations, brain bleeding, a severed spinal cord, and fractures to all her ribs, sternum, and pelvis. She also suffered lacerations to her aorta, lungs, liver, spleen, and intestines.
Missouri-Smith’s son told authorities that they were making a right turn when they were struck from behind. At the scene, Wynn-Howard voluntarily entered the back of a police car and seemed to be waiting for the police, even appearing to fall asleep while waiting. When an officer approached the car, Wynn-Howard reportedly admitted to driving the Jeep Wrangler involved in the crash. She allegedly said, “That’s my car, I crashed,” and asked, “Did I kill anybody?”
Data retrieved from Wynn-Howard’s vehicle showed that she was driving at 96 mph five seconds before the crash, with her speed increasing to 102 mph just before the collision. The speed limit in the area was 35 mph. Wynn-Howard is currently being held in the Milwaukee County Jail with a cash-only bond set at $40,000.