A suspected intoxicated motorist is accused of killing an elderly Oakland County woman in a traffic clash Thursday night that closed a well-traveled road in Roseville for several hours.<\/p>\n
According to Roseville police, officers were called about 9:30 p.m. to a report of a two-vehicle crash on Groesbeck Highway (M-97), south of Martin Road.<\/p>\n
Police found three people were injured and began administering aid.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation shows a 26-year-old man from Roseville was traveling south on Groesbeck \u201cat a high rate of\u201d speed when his vehicle struck another vehicle driven by an 85-year-old woman, said Police Chief Mitch Berlin.<\/p>\n
The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police have not released her name.<\/p>\n
The driver and his female passenger were both injured in the collision, officers said. They were transported to a local hospital for medical treatment.<\/p>\n
According to police, the female is listed in serious condition, while the driver sustained minor injuries. He was released to police and is being held at the Roseville Police Department.<\/p>\n
Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in the crash, according to investigators.<\/p>\n
Police said the investigation remains ongoing. Groesbeck Highway was still closed as of after midnight Friday.<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to contact the Roseville Police Department at 586-447-4483.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A suspected intoxicated motorist is accused of killing an elderly Oakland County woman in a traffic clash Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[138,181,23,1268,795,100,143,145,144,5268],"class_list":{"0":"post-261156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-macomb-county","12":"tag-michigan","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-oakland","15":"tag-oakland-headlines","16":"tag-oakland-news","17":"tag-roseville"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}