Novi woman dies after being run over by elderly woman following crash

NOVI — A 59-year-old Novi woman was killed after she exited her vehicle following a car crash Oct. 3.

According to a press release, the crash occurred on South Wixom Road near Sams Way at around 10:14 a.m. A 94-year-old Milford Township woman was driving a 2010 Nissan Versa southbound on Wixom Road when she failed to stop for a traffic light at Sams Way and struck the Novi woman’s vehicle, which was stopped, according to Wixom police and the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

Following the crash, the Novi woman got out of her vehicle and was standing near the driver’s door when she was run over by the Nissan Versa, which “for reasons still under investigation, but not believed to be intentional,” accelerated forward.

The force of the second crash forced the Novi woman’s 2024 Honda CR-V into the vehicle stopped ahead of it, a 2022 Ford F-350, which was being driven by a 60-year-old man from Wolverine Lake.

The woman was then trapped under the Nissan Versa, which stopped a short distance after the initial crash. She was taken via Huron Valley Ambulance to Ascension Providence Park Hospital in Novi where she died from her injuries, police said.

The drivers of the other vehicles were not physically injured as a result of the crash, according to a report from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. Both are cooperating with police investigators.

Drugs and alcohol are not believed to be factors in the incident. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit is assisting officers from the Wixom Police Department with the investigation of the crash.