A 60-year-old Pontiac man was killed late Sunday after being struck by two SUVs and his body dragged approximately a half mile — and both drivers fled the scene, officials said.
Investigators with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s help in identifying the two drivers involved in the crash, which happened at approximately 11:40 p.m. on Featherstone Street at the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard intersection. The man’s body was found in the middle of Cameron Avenue just north of Featherstone Street, at the end of a blood-stained drag mark that began at the Featherstone-Martin Luther King Jr. intersection, the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators determined the victim was crossing Featherstone Street at the crosswalk when he was struck by an SUV; the driver appeared to pull off to the side of the road but didn’t report the crash, the sheriff’s office said. The man was then struck by another SUV, which continued east on Featherstone. That driver didn’t render aid or report the crash, the sheriff’s office said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
“It is hard to fathom that a person would strike another human being with a car and drive off leaving them to die,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard stated in a news release. ““We would greatly appreciate the public’s help with any information that could identify the individual(s) involved. A reward is possible if it leads to the arrest and conviction of an individual.”
The incident remains under investigation by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Anyone with further information on the crash is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 248-858-4950 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
This was the first of two reported pedestrian fatalities in Oakland County in less than 24 hours. The other occurred at approximately 8:20 a.m. Monday in Birmingham when a 60-year-old Beverly Hills man was struck and killed by a vehicle while he was crossing 14 Mile Road near Bates Street — an area without marked crosswalks, police said.
A preliminary investigation indicates an 86-year-old Beverly Hills woman was driving northbound on Bates Street and attempting to turn left onto 14 Mile Road when she struck the pedestrian, police said. The South Oakland County Crash Investigation Team — of which the Birmingham Police Department is a member — was called in to assist with the investigation. The Oakland Press has reached out to Birmingham Police Captain Ryan Kearney for additional information.
Pontiac man dead after being struck by 2 SUVs in hit and run; public info sought to ID drivers