Pontiac man killed in 7-vehicle crash

Icy street situations led to a seven-vehicle crash in Pontiac early Monday that left one driver useless, a 34-year-old Pontiac man, officers stated.

As reported by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace, the crash occurred simply earlier than 6 a.m. on eastbound M-59 close to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The sufferer’s identify has not but been launched pending notification of subsequent of kin.

The sheriff’s workplace stated the person was driving a 2011 Chevrolet Aveo when he and one other driver, a 20-year-old Waterford man in a 2015 Chevrolet Impala, hit an icy patch, ran off the left facet of the street and struck the cable barrier, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

The Aveo bounced off the cable barrier and slid on its facet again into the middle lane of the street, the place it was struck on the roof by a 2018 Ford F150 pushed by an 18-year-old man from Oxford. The driving force of the Aveo was killed, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

The Impala was then struck by a 2004 Dodge Dakota that had additionally struck the icy floor, and three different automobiles additionally crashed whereas attempting to keep away from the automobiles concerned within the first crash, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

The Aveo driver was pronounced useless on the scene, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

The Impala driver was transported to an space hospital for remedy of minor accidents. Nobody else was injured, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

All drivers have been carrying seat belts on the time of the crash and alcohol consumption doesn’t look like an element, the sheriff’s workplace stated.

Though the crash stays underneath investigation by the sheriff’s Crash Reconstruction Unit, officers stated the drivers have been touring too quick as a result of icy situations.