Sterling Heights man charged in fatal Commerce Township crash

A Sterling Heights man was charged with misdemeanor visitors following a deadly crash on September 5 in Commerce Township, in line with Oakland County sheriff’s officers.

Waterford Township resident Matthew John Szakal, 30, was killed within the crash.

Kevin Joseph Koldys, 51, is charged with working a motorized vehicle whereas intoxicated inflicting dying. He stays within the Oakland County Jail after 52-1 District Courtroom Justice of the Peace Lewis Langham set bail at $25,000. If convictedKoldys faces a most jail sentence of 15 years and/or a effective of between $2,500 and $10,000, or each.

Koldys was concerned in a three-car crash on Pontiac Path at Martin Parkway in Commerce Township.

He was driving a 2021 Lexus driving the 2017 Chevrolet Trax Szakal. Koldys was on the M-5 northbound when the
Lexus ran off the roadway and thru tall grass and weeds for tons of of yards earlier than returning to the street, leaping the curb at a roundabout and hitting Szakal’s Trax.

The crash prompted Szakal’s car to strike a 2021 Honda CRV. Szakal was sporting a seat belt and was pronounced useless on the scene. The driving force of the CRV, a 64-year-old Wixom lady, was additionally sporting a seat belt and suffered minor accidents.

Koldys suffered severe accidents. Sheriff’s crash reconstruction investigators reported that extreme pace and alcohol consumption look like elements within the crash by Koldy.

Koldys will return to the 52-1 District Courtroom in Novi on December 30 for a possible trigger convention.