Florida man dies 3 days after traffic crash in Commerce Township

A person in Venice, Florida who’s concerned in a site visitors scrench within the municipality of Commerce died on Monday morning, stated officers.

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace stated that James Raymond Skiver, 81, died on 4 September, three days after a crash on M-5 on 14 Mile Street. Skiver was a passenger in a Mitsubishi Outlander from 2025, powered by his 73-year-old girl who turned proper from M-5 to 14 Miles to the trail of an Acura RDX from 2023, stated the Sheriff’s workplace. Based on witnesses, the acura had the inexperienced gentle when the collision occurred, the Sheriff workplace stated.

Paramedics transported Skiver, his spouse and the motive force of the Acura to an space hospital and the situation of Skiver deteriorated throughout his hospitalization, stated the Sheriff workplace.

The circumstances of the spouse of Skiver and the opposite driver, a 53-year-old girl from Chicago, weren’t instantly out there.

The Sheriff workplace stated it appeared that each one passengers wore security belts on the time of the crash and alcohol was not an element. The crash stays in analysis by the crash reconstruction unit of the sheriff.

This was the second deadly crash in the previous few days in Oakland County. On September 5, an 86-year-old man died after his automobile left the street and hit an auxiliary pole and Growth in Waterford Township. Officers stated the person had suffered a medical incident and had misplaced consciousness simply earlier than the crash.

Initially revealed: September 5, 2025 at 2.56 pm Edt