MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee woman has been criminally charged after allegedly hitting a rideshare driver while she was on her way home from work, leaving him in a coma.

Jenni Fischer is facing one count of hit-and-run causing great bodily harm and one count of preparing or making fraudulent insurance claims, according to a criminal complaint filed Dec. 10.

Fischer is accused of going to great lengths to cover up the hit-and-run, including filing a false police report and insurance claim, as well as hiding her car in her parents’ barn in New Berlin.

Milwaukee woman charged in hit-and-run that left rideshare driver in coma

Prosecutors allege Fischer struck the rideshare driver on Dec. 1 around 8:40 p.m. near Van Buren and Juneau streets as he was shaking hands with his passenger, who had a

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