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Woman charged in deadly hit-and-run crash in Westland on New Year’s Day

37-year-old Jasmine Wynn facing multiple felony charges

37-year-old Jasmine Wynn facing multiple felony charges. (WDIV)

WESTLAND, Mich. – Westland police have arrested a woman responsible for a deadly hit-and-run crash on New Year’s Day.

Officers responded around 4 a.m. Jan. 1 to a report of a man down in the roadway near Grand Traverse and Belding Court.

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They found a 61-year-old Westland man unconscious in the street.

Despite life-saving efforts, the man later died at the hospital.

The driver, Jasmine Wynn, 37, of Westland, fled the scene but was located shortly after at her residence and taken into custody.

Wynn faces multiple charges, including operating while intoxicated causing death, failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death and assaulting or resisting a police officer.

She was arraigned on Saturday, Jan. 3, before 36th District Court Judge William Burton and released on a $10,000 bond with a tether.

Wynn is scheduled for a probable cause conference on Jan. 15 at the 18th District Court.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash to contact the Westland Police Department Traffic Bureau at 734-722-9633.


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