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14-year-old fatally struck on I-696 entrance ramp in Roseville

By Jack Nissen
Published  August 18, 2023 6:15am EDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit

Teen with autism killed in hit and run after walking on I-696 ramp

Michigan State Police are looking for anyone who saw something or knows about this fatal crash to speak up.

ROSEVILLE, Mich. (FOX 2) - State troopers are on the scene of a fatal crash in Roseville that left a teen dead.

The Warren police commissioner confirmed with FOX 2 the victim was a 14-year-old boy. He was on the Groesbeck entrance ramp onto I-696 when he was struck.

Commissioner Bill Dwyer said the teen had gone missing two hours before the crash.

State police said they responded to the crash early Friday morning around 4:25 a.m.

His mother called 911 to report him missing.

"My son left. he’s on the autistic spectrum. Fourteen-year-old Black male," his mother said on the dispatch recording. 
 

Police respond to the scene of a fatal crash. 

In an update around 7 a.m., state police said the driver involved in the crash did not stay at the scene and has yet to come forward.

The Michigan Department of Transportation shutdown the entrance ramp and the right lane of I-696 at Groesbeck. 

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