Milwaukee, WI : One person dead, two injured after a crash near 29th and Locust streets in Milwaukee early Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Milwaukee police are searching for a driver believed to have caused an overnight car crash that left one of his passengers dead and two others seriously injured.

A 2004 GMC Envoy, an SUV, was traveling north on N. 29th St. about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday when the driver failed to stop for a stop sign and collided with a car traveling west on W. Locust St., according to Milwaukee police.

After the initial collision, the SUV hit a light pole and the car collided with a fence, police said.

Milwaukee police said a 30-year-old male passenger in the SUV died in the crash, while two other male passengers, ages 29 and 31, suffered injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

The driver of the SUV fled and police continued searching for him Monday afternoon.

The driver of the car, a 19-year-old man, suffered minor injuries, police said.

Milwaukee firefighters pulled two passengers from the SUV, and one of them was deceased, Deputy Fire Chief Terry Lintonen said.

The other person in the vehicle, along with a third individual, was taken by Fire Department paramedics to Froedtert Hospital, Lintonen said.

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1 dead after early morning crash in Milwaukee