Crime & Safety
Fatal Accident on Metropolitan Parkway Investigated
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal accident early Friday at Metropolitan Parkway and I-94.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal accident early Friday morning in Harrison Township.
The father of an 18-year-old Clinton Township man called the Macomb County Sheriff's Office after his son was driving a 1999 GMC Yukon without a license. Deputies located vehicle driving slowly without any lights and tried to stop the Yukon.
The driver accelerated at a high rate of speed, according to a release from the Sheriff's Office, and tried to enter eastbound Interstate 94 from 16 Mile Road.
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The driver lost control of the Yukon, which caused it to roll multiple times. He was taken to a local hospital, and is being held under guard pending criminal charges, according to the sheriff's office.
The passenger, Donald Larrel Smelser-Emerson, 21, of Harrison Township, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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