Category Archives: Michigan

Detroit – Man charged in crash that killed 3 in medical transport van | myfoxdetroit.com

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A 30-year-old man is charged in a Detroit crash that killed the driver of a medical transport van and two people en route to dialysis treatments.

The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Jeremy Yancey of Macomb County’s Chesterfield Township, northeast of Detroit, is expected to be arraigned Wednesday in Highland Park District Court.

Yancey faces three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of operating a motor vehicle while impaired causing death and reckless driving causing death.

The prosecutor’s office says police tried to stop Yancey after seeing a van speeding in Highland Park, a Detroit enclave. Police reportedly stopped the chase due to safety concerns, but the van continued on until it struck the medical transport van.

The victims have been identified as Lawrence Wright, Ruth Brooks, and Luwana Webb.

via Man charged in Highland Park crash that killed 3 – Fox 2 News Headlines.

Detroit – Man charged with fatal hit-and-run while intoxicated | MLive.com

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A Detroit man faces up to 30 years in prison for killing a man with his vehicle while allegedly intoxicated and leaving the scene.

Prosecutor Kym L. Worthy charged Anthony William Clark, 30, with operating under the influence causing death and failure to stop at a fatal accident scene.

Prosecutors say Clark, while intoxicated, struck and killed DeShawn L. Jamerson, 41, of Detroit with his vehicle on April 15 about 8 p.m.

via Detroit man charged with fatal hit-and-run while intoxicated | MLive.com.

Romulus, MI: Suspected drunk driver killed after crashing in high-speed chase | myfoxdetroit.com

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42 year-old Adam Orlando Carlisle in a mug shot from 2009.

Adam Orlando Carlisle

A 42 year-old man with a spotty criminal record was killed early Sunday morning, after leading police on a high-speed chase through Romulus.

Adam Orlando Carlisle was pulled over when an officer suspected he was driving drunk on Inkster Road.

He initially complied, but as the officer walked up to his vehicle, he fled the scene at a high-rate of speed.

The officer pursued him southbound along Inkster Road. Police say Carlisle was driving recklessly, creating a very dangerous situation for other motorists and pedestrians, putting lives at risk.

And that’s how it ended.

Within seconds of running a red light at Inkster and Northline Roads, Carlisle rear-ended the vehicle in front of him, causing him to lose control and veer into oncoming traffic.

He struck another Romulus Police patrol unit head-on. The two police officers inside suffered moderate to severe, but non-life threatening injuries.

Jones suffered fatal injuries. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The female driver of the vehicle Jones initially hit also suffered non-life threatening injuries. Her 3 year-old child was in the car, but wasn’t hurt.

Because there was a police vehicle involved, Romulus Police requested the Michigan State Police to conduct the investigation.

A search of MDOC’s online Offender Tracking System reveals Carlisle has a long history of previous drunk driving violations, along with weapons and drug violations.

He was released from prison last May, after serving seven years for felony drug offenses.

via Suspected drunk driver killed after high-speed chase in Romulus – Fox 2 News Headlines.

Grand Rapids: Girl, 8, dead after family vehicle struck by suspected drunk driver | wkzo.com

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An 8-year-old girl from Detroit is dead and several other members of her family, who were visiting west Michigan as part of a church group, are injured because of a drunk driver.

Grand Rapids police Sgt. John Dorer says a Ford Explorer ran a red light at Buchanan and Hall, and struck the white Toyota with the 6 members of the family broadside. It happened early Sunday afternoon.

Two occupants in the SUV then fled the scene on foot, with witnesses in pursuit, who were able to flag down police.

The two who fled are in custody. The driver was not only drunk but didn’t have a valid license. The passenger was also wanted on an outstanding warrant. They are expected to be arraigned today.

The victim is identified as Dayma Roblero of Detroit. Mlive.com and WOOD-TV say two other children were hospitalized after Monday’s crash in Grand Rapids.

Byron Juarez was arraigned Wednesday in Grand Rapids District Court on charges of drunken driving causing death and failure to stop at a fatal accident.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Police-Drunk-driver-runs-light-kills-girl-flees-4147428.php#ixzz2GDbmIqdy

via Its a holiday tragedy as a drunk driver kills a young child in Grand Rapids – AM 590 – FM 96.5 | WKZO Everything Kalamazoo.

Michigan minivan driver charged with drunk driving after leaving passenger to die | WOOD TV8

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Calvin Liptrot Jr.

A West Michigan man is jailed in connection with a fatal crash that killed a 22-year-old Grand Rapids woman riding in a minivan he was driving.

Calvin Liptrot Jr. is charged with second offense domestic violence, operating while intoxicated causing death and failure to stop at the scene of an accident.

Michelle Caverley was thrown from the minivan after it struck a tree Saturday morning. The driver ran away, leaving Caverley at the scene. She died at a local hospital.

Police later located and arrested Liptrot. Alcohol may have played a role in the crash.

Liptrot was arraigned Sunday. He is in the Kent County Jail on a $200,000 bond. It was not immediately known if he has a lawyer.

via Minivan driver charged in rider’s death | WOOD TV8.

Detroit: Two fatalities result from suspected drunk driver in 3:00 a.m. Sunday crash | detroit.cbslocal.com

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Another fatality to report following a deadly crash Sunday morning on I-75.

The accident happened around 3 a.m., when 25-year-old Nadeem Sawaf lost control of his Honda on I-75 near McNichols and hit the median wall. Shortly after, a 35-year-old man driving an SUV slammed into the disabled vehicle. Sawaf was killed in the crash.

Despite Michigan State Police reporting 25-year-old Kush Sood, one of Sawaf’s passengers, had non-life threatening injuries, friends tell WWJ Newsradio 950 the promising nursing student died as a result of the crash.

Sood’s former girlfriend, Kelly Whiteside, said Sood was killed by an apparent drunk driver, while attempting to do the right thing.

“Kush got out of the car to check the car and to try to move the car back all the way over to the side of the expressway and as soon as he got back into the car, a drunk driver had hit the car,” she said.

Whiteside said Sood was rushed to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

“The ambulance took Kush, doing CPR, took him to the hospital and that morning he later passed away,” she said.

via Man Dies After Being Hit By Alleged Drunk Driver On I-75 « CBS Detroit.

New Boston, Mich: Local high school student killed by suspected drunk driver while traveling with his family | wxyz.com

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Family and friends are mourning the loss of a 16-year-old student from Huron High School in New Boston.

James (Jimmy) Franklin Williams Jr. was killed in a crash in South Carolina while traveling with his family in a Dodge Durango. He was ejected from the vehicle and killed. His father, mother, brother, sister and two family friends were also hurt. one of them, 18 year old Shannon Henry is in very serous condition.

The man who hit the Durango was arrested for drunk driving. Ricky L. Deel is facing five charges including; Operating an Uninsured Vehicle, Driving Under Suspension, Two Counts of Felony DUI with Great Bodily Injury and One Count of Felony DUI with death.

The family of five and two friends were headed to Florida where they were supposed to go on a cruise to the Bahamas.

via Local teen killed by suspected drunk driver while traveling with his family.

Geneva Township, MI: Woman and two young children dead after head-on with suspected drunk driver | Detroit.cbslocal.com

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A woman and two young children died after the car in which they were riding collided head-on with a pickup truck driven by an Alabama man with a suspended license who told investigators he had been drinking alcohol, authorities said Wednesday. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department says 24-year-old Brittney Renee King, of Bangor, was trapped in the car she was driving following Tuesday night’s crash in Geneva Township. The pickup also collided with another car on the roadway about 50 miles southwest of Grand Rapids before coming to a stop. King died in the crash along with two of her passengers, 2-year-old Kandice Berryhill and 4-year-old Cassadi Berryhill, both of South Haven, the department said.

Dearborn, MI: 76-year-old pedestrian victim of suspected drink driver | wxyz.com

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A drunk driver allegedly hits and kills a 76-year-old Dearborn man walking home from the grocery store Saturday. “It’s just a tragedy. He didn’t deserve it. Not like that,” said Aziz Al Roshood. A minivan hit his grandfather, 76-year-old Jebary Al Saad as he stepped into the street to walk back home from the store. Police said alcohol appears to be a factor in the accident and that the woman driving a white Chrysler Town & Country hit Jebary around 5 p.m. “It was routine for him. He would go to Greenland over here, go shopping go to the mosque. This kind of thing is just unbelievable,” said Aziz. Witnesses tell 7 Action News they saw a male in the passenger seat and that the minivan appeared to be speeding. The vehicle hit the older man so hard he flew several feet into the air. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Aziz said his grandfather had been in good health and great shape.

Van Buren Co., MI: Drunk driver in stolen car hospitalizes four, ages 15 – 23 | abc57.com

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When a Van Buren County man gets out of the hospital he’s going to jail.

The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department said 32-year-old Adam Matthews from Bangor is facing several possible charges. Matthews caused a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of County Road 687 and 8th Avenue, just outside of South Haven, Sunday night.

Matthews and four others were still hospitalized Tuesday afternoon.

“The front end was completely demolished on it,” said 72-year-old Roy Nickerson who witnessed the crash. “The inside was demolished and there (were) five kids in it when I got here.”

Police said Matthews was under the influence of alcohol and ran a stop sign at intersection. The vehicle, which police identified as stolen, ran into an oncoming car.

All four passengers were transported to nearby hospitals for their injuries. The passengers were 23-year-old Kenny Little of Grand Junction, 19-year-old Britnee Fowler of Bloomingdale, 18-year-old Breanne Wiacek of Bangor and 15-year-old Paige Thompson of Bangor. Fowler and Thompson were transported by helicopter.

“The girls were trying to crawl out of the car when I got there,” said Nickerson.

“I’ve never seen a person contorted in that sort of position,” said David Wenzel who lives across the street and was the first person to respond. “I knew it was bad.”

Wenzel and his girlfriend Elizabeth Mielke said Thompson appeared to be in the most severe condition. “All I could think of was being a mother and it was horrible,” said Mielke.

Police said Matthews fled from the scene after the accident. A K-9 search was unsuccessful but Matthews was found later Sunday night in Coloma with a different stolen car.

The driver of the second car was uninjured.

via Drunk driver puts four in hospital with stolen car | ABC57 | South Bend IN News, Weather and Sports | Top Stories.

Detroit: Driver in 7:00 a.m. crash critical. Alcohol suspected a factor. Three others injured | freep.com

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Investigators originally reported the man was dead, MSP Lt. Michael Shaw said.

“Alcohol is definitely a factor in the crash and our investigation is continuing,” Shaw said, adding that investigators are still trying to identify the man. “He is not dead. He’s in very critical condition at (Detroit) Receiving Hospital. They had to cut him out of the vehicle with the Jaws of Life, then immediately transported him. He was very intoxicated.”

An off-duty MSP trooper spotted the man’s white Buick weaving across southbound I-75 at 6:45 a.m., hitting the median a couple of times before exiting the freeway at Rosa Parks Boulevard. The trooper called for backup as he watched the car head onto northbound I-75, driving between 30 and 70 m.p.h. and proceed to exit onto the Gratiot Avenue ramp, also accessible from I-375. The car then sped up and crossed multiple lanes before slamming into a blue pickup. Then the Buick overturned a couple of times and came to rest at the back of a car hauler stopped at the light at the end of the Gratiot Avenue ramp.

The family in the blue pickup — two adults and a 3-year-old — were taken to Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit with non-life threatening injuries, Shaw said. The driver of the car hauler was not injured.

via Driver who caused Gratiot Avenue accident hospitalized | City of Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com.

Warren, MI: Alleged drunk driver arraigned for killing bicyclist in hit-and-run | sfgate.com

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Warren police say a man was drunk when he struck and killed a bicyclist, then drove away.

Police in the Detroit suburb say the driver was charged Wednesday with drunken driving causing death and failure to stop at a fatal accident.

Police say the fatal crash happened Monday night in the northern Detroit suburb.

In a statement, police say officers found 51-year-old Andrew Macielak of Warren injured, and he died at the scene.

The statement says officers checked the area and found the vehicle and driver suspected of hitting Macielak.

After getting results of a blood test, authorities filed charges against 47-year-old Kittisak Clayphotong of Flint. The charges carry up to 15 years in prison.

He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Wednesday, and a judge set bond at $20,000.

via Driver charged with being drunk, killing cyclist – SFGate.

Ypsilanti Twp., MI: Minivan hit, kills pedestrian. Driver arrested on suspicion of drunk driving | annarbor.com

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A 42-year-old Ypsilanti Township man died Saturday after being struck by a minivan driven by a drunk driver while crossing South Harris Road at Share Avenue.

Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office officials said Gregory Scott Andrews, 42, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred at 10:55 p.m. Saturday. Andrews stepped in front of the minivan while attempting to cross South Harris Road and was struck.

The 38-year-old Ypsilanti Township man who was driving the minivan was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving at the scene of the crash, Sgt. Geoffrey Fox said.

“He was given some sobriety tests on the scene and blood was drawn for analysis regarding his intoxication levels,” Fox said.

read more here > Minivan hit, kills pedestrian in Ypsilanti Township.

Clinton Twp., MI: Drunk driving suspect kills 2 in multi-vehicle crash in Clinton Township | clickondetroit.com

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Authorities say a crash involving three motorcycles and three other vehicles has left two bikers dead and severely injured a third.

The police department in Clinton Township said Sunday that the crash happened about 11 p.m. Friday on Gratiot near 16 Mile/Metro Parkway.

Police say the crash killed a driver and passenger on one bike, severely injured another biker and left a car passenger with minor injuries.

The department says those killed were a 58-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman. It didn’t immediately release their names.

The crash began when an SUV rear-ended the last of the motorcycles that were traveling together. The 45-year-old male driver of the SUV has been charged with two counts of operating while impaired causing death. The driver may face other charges pending the investigation.

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