Milwaukee, WI : Five people injured after crash into electrical pole near Sherman Boulevard and Teutonia Avenue on Saturday morning, April 16, 2016

A car crash near Sherman Boulevard and Teutonia Avenue Saturday morning left five people injured.

Police said one car crashed near the intersection around 5:45 a.m. An 18-year-old Milwaukee man lost control of his car while heading north on Sherman Boulevard and hit an electrical pole.

He was taken to a hospital for serious injuries. The car's four other occupants, one boy and three girls from Milwaukee, were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said speed was probably a factor.

State Patrol and Brown Deer police are leading an investigation into the crash.

In the past two months, there have been three deadly crashes near Sherman Boulevard and Tuetonia Avenue.

A drunk driver crashed near the cross-streets in February, killing a three-year-old girl and seriously injuring two others.

Brown Deer resident Rita Kuyper recalled the crash and wasn't surprised by the wreckage from Saturday's.

"A few weeks ago, there was an accident right up here, and I was going around it," she said. "And sure enough, somebody passes me probably going 60, 70 miles per hour. I don't get it."

She believes speeding and reckless driving are common in the area and are the cause of a recent rash of bad accidents.

Sgt. Luke Kuehne said speed has been to blame is recent crashes throughout the area.

"Whether it is in this one, we still don't know. But if the public would slow down, it would greatly reduce accidents and injuries," Kuehne said.

Police, however, are doing what they can to keep tragedy from happening on Brown Deer roads.

"We get out and try to slow the public down, try to get vehicles to slow down so we're not having these types of accidents," said Kuehne.

To Kuyper, it's a matter of protecting the public's safety.

"I live here and I drive around this area," she said. "I have grandchildren who we take on walks around this area."

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Five injured after crash into electrical pole