West Allis woman was victim in fatal car crash

A 34-year-old West Allis woman died and another woman was injured when the car they were in spun out and slammed into a tree on Milwaukee's northwest side early Sunday, investigators said Monday.

Patricia A. Wnuk was riding west in the 9000 block of W. Capitol Drive in a Chevy Impala driven by a friend at 1:17 a.m. when the driver lost control of the car, jumped the curb, spun out in the snow-covered median and slammed the passenger side of the vehicle into a tree, according to an investigation report by the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office released Monday.

An investigator from the office said an empty bottle of citrus-flavored vodka was found stashed in the magazine compartment behind the front passenger seat. No air bags deployed.

The driver of the car was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. Wnuk, who was not wearing a seat belt, died at the scene.

The report said the speed limit in the area is 35 mph.

The women had been at a friend's home on the northwest side earlier in the evening, the report stated.