Keego police seek to identify driver who ran over restaurant worker

The Keego Harbor Police Department is seeking the public's help in identifying a driver who intentionally ran over a pedestrian.

According to a report from Keego Police Chief John Fitzgerald, at approximately 7:40 p.m. Feb. 16, a resident was intentionally hit by the driver of a black Mercedes Benz outside of El Camino Restaurant, located at 2807 Orchard Lake Road.

The vehicle's occupants, reported to be a white male and a white female in their mid-to-late 50s, were inside the restaurant, and after having a dispute about the bill and the service, left without paying.

As the vehicle started to drive away, one of the restaurant's servers went outside to confront the pair in the vehicle.

“According to the server, the couple laughed at her when she told them they had to pay the rest of their bill,” the report states. “The vehicle was stopped as she was standing in front of it. The driver backed up and maneuvered to drive around her. She placed herself in front of the vehicle again, at which time the driver knocked her down with the vehicle, ran over her legs and proceeded to flee southwest bound on Orchard Lake Road towards the city of Orchard Lake.”

The report states that the server was transported to a hospital and is expected to recover.

Anyone with information that can help the Keego police identify the occupants is asked to call Detective Robert Barnes at (248) 682-3030 or send an email to barnes@khpd.org.