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Man killed while crossing Southfield Freeway: ‘Everyone stopped and recorded it,’ but one woman tried to save him
DETROIT – A man was hit and killed while trying to cross the Southfield Freeway on Monday night in Detroit. He hopped over the median on the freeway near Grand River Avenue and tried to walk across. He was struck by two vehicles just before 7 p.m. on the southbound side of the freeway. While other drivers decided to film the incident on their phones, Angela Potter tried to save him. He was trying to cross the freeway from the east side of the Southfield Freeway (M-39).