{"id":315998,"date":"2026-05-14T21:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315998\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:05:25","slug":"man-was-hit-by-2-cars-killed-in-oakland-county-police-hope-this-video-can-help-solve-the-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315998\/","title":{"rendered":"Man was hit by 2 cars, killed in Oakland County. Police hope this video can help solve the case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">PONTIAC, Mich. \u2013 Police in Oakland County hope new video can help solve the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/12\/man-found-dead-in-oakland-county-street-after-being-hit-by-2-drivers-who-both-fled-scene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/12\/man-found-dead-in-oakland-county-street-after-being-hit-by-2-drivers-who-both-fled-scene\/\">a man who was struck two cars and left to die in the middle of the road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The crash happened on Featherstone Street at Martin Luther Kind Jr. Boulevard in the city of Pontiac around 11 p.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police say the SUV has an uncommon front end with the turn signal mounted under the headlight that could lead to the identification of the vehicle type and the driver of one of the two vehicles that struck a 60-year-old Pontiac man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators say the suspect\u2019s SUV is a smaller car, possibly dark blue and should have minor damage near the passenger side headlight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They have not yet identified the vehicle make.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Pontiac man was found dead in the middle of Cameron Avenue, north of Featherstone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The victim\u2019s family has not yet been notified of the death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Investigators say the man was crossing Featherstone at the crosswalk when he was struck by an SUV. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The driver appeared to pull off to the side of the road but did not report the crash. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A second SUV struck the man and continued east on Featherstone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Neither driver reported the crash nor stopped to aid the Pontiac man, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Police say one of the SUVs dragged the man\u2019s body a half mile west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the Sheriff\u2019s Office at 248-858-4950 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PONTIAC, Mich. \u2013 Police in Oakland County hope new video can help solve the case of a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,904,145,144,3131],"class_list":["post-315998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-pontiac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315998","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=315998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}