Saturday, May 9, 2015

HIGH RATE OF SPEED CAUSES A TRAGIC CRASH THAT TAKES THE LIFE OF 3 TEENAGERS; 2 ALSO CRITICALLY INJURED WHEN THE SPEEDING CAR WENT OVER THE GUARDRAIL AND PLUNGED INTO THE WATER OF STONY CREEK IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN. ONLY 1 WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.












MAY 8, 2015

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN

Three teenagers who died when their car sped off the side of the road and flipped into Stony Creek on Friday evening have been identified.

They are Jonathan Manolios and Emanuel Malaj, both 17 and from Sterling Heights, and Michael Wells, 17, of Macomb Township. Two other youths, both age 17 and from Shelby Township, are hospitalized in critical condition. Their names are not being released, said Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham, who called the incident "a terrible tragedy."

Wickersham said the boys attended Utica Community Schools. Officials there were alerted overnight.

Four of the teens were ejected; another one was pulled from the water.

It is unclear who was driving, said Wickersham, who said investigators were at the scene throughout the night.

Witnesses heard the crash, but no one has reported that they saw it clearly, Wickersham said. Still, he said evidence at the scene — and the fact that the car went over the guardrail and plunged into the water — indicates the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed.

Investigators responded to the scene about 6:15 p.m. Friday. The driver of a black, 2008 Jaguar S-type, four-door sedan had been traveling west on the Park Road inside Stony Creek Metropark in the vicinity of Eastwood Beach when he lost control and struck a guardrail, catapulting into the water.

The vehicle overturned and ended up on its side in the Stony Creek Spillway.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Macomb County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau at 586-307-9358.

High speed, no seat belts.  I am sure the driver was driving under the influence-we will have to wait and see what the autopsy results show.  What is going on with today’s youth.  This is beyond insane behavior.  Unfortunately, 3 of them will not be able to learn from their mistakes.  RIP.

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SHELBY TOWNSHIP (WWJ) — Multiple people are dead following a rollover accident at Stony Creek Metropark on Friday.

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham spoke with reporters at a press conference following the incident and said that three teenagers were killed in the accident.

Just after 6:30 p.m., a car — a Jaguar — carrying five passengers was traveling at a “high rate of speed” in the park before colliding with a guardrail and rolling over into Stony Creek River. Four of the passengers were ejected, one was wearing a seatbelt.

Two people still remain hospitalized, their condition is unknown.

“At this point, I’m not going to give out any names,” Wickersham said. “We’re working with the families, we’re trying to do identification, we’re trying to find out who was operating the vehicle. We always ask the public if there was somebody here at the time of the crash that may have witnessed it — please give the Sheriff’s office a call, because we really want to have a good basis of what really transpired out here.”

Wickersham said that the driver and passengers of the Jaguar were all male and 17 or 18-years-old. It is not known whether alcohol was a factor.

Officials earlier had said the incident involved people on bikes and pedestrians, but that information turned out to be incorrect.

Source: http://www.freep.com