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