Car hits, kills man attempting to cross M-24 on foot in Lapeer County
LAPEER, MI -- A 50-year-old Lapeer man died Sunday evening after he was hit by a car while attempting to cross M-24 in Lapeer County. Lapeer County 911 dispatched Lapeer County Sheriff’s deputies at 9:21 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, to a traffic crash involving a pedestrian near the intersection of North Lapeer Road (M-24) and Sawdust Corners Road in Lapeer County’s Mayfield Township, according to a sheriff’s office news release. Christopher Luzi, 50, of Lapeer, was attempting to cross west on North Lapeer Road (M-24), north of the Sawdust Corners Road intersection, on foot. Deputies were assisted at the scene by the Michigan State Police Lapeer Post and the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit. The fatal crash remains under investigation and anyone with information may contact Lapeer County Detective Sgt.
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