By: David Wallace | Shelby-Utica News | Published February 6, 2024
SHELBY TOWNSHIP — At approximately 8 p.m. Jan. 31, Shelby Township police and firefighters responded to a crash in which a vehicle had hit a pedestrian on 25 Mile Road, near Mound Road.
The pedestrian was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.
According to a statement from the Shelby Township Police Department on crimewatch.net, a 55-year-old woman from Macomb Township was driving eastbound on 25 Mile when she hit the pedestrian, a 73-year-old Shelby Township woman, who was waking in the roadway. The department said that the driver stopped at the scene and cooperated with police. Alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors with the driver, according to police.
The case was under investigation and police asked that anyone with information related to the crash or who saw the pedestrian walking in the roadway before the crash call Shelby Township detectives at (586) 731-2121.