DETROIT – A man was killed early Saturday when a driver disregarded a traffic light that was off due to a power outage in Detroit and struck his vehicle, police said.
Police said the victim, 34, was driving east on West Nichols Road at about 12:43 a.m. when he was hit by a 1997 white Oldsmobile traveling north on Telegraph Road.
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The driver of the Oldsmobile, a 29-year-old man, should have treated the intersection as a four-way stop since the light was out, police said, but he did not stop.
Police said alcohol may be a factor in the crash.