The Farmington Hills man was transported to the hospital with a broken leg and bruises, police say.
A Farmington Hills man was treated at Beaumont Hospital after being hit by a car on Woodward early Wednesday morning. According to Birmingham Police, the 57-year-old, who had been drinking and wearing dark clothing, was walking in the middle of Woodward just south of Oak around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. It was then that he was hit by a car, driven by a Birmingham man. According to police reports and several witnesses, the driver tried to stop when he saw the man walking in the middle of his lane. According to Birmingham Cmdr. Terry Kiernan, the driver told police he was only going 20-30 miles per hour at the time because of pot holes, though he could have been driving up to 40 miles per hour, Kiernan said. "Witness stated that the guy did his …
Police say an elderly woman from Bloomfield Hills drove into the East Maple Road salon a little before 11 a.m. Monday.
Updated 3:30 p.m.: Birmingham Police said no one was hurt during a mid-day Monday accident at Great Clips in which an elderly woman drove into the salon's storefront on East Maple Road. According to Birmingham Police Cmdr. Terry Kiernan, the 76-year-old woman from Bloomfield Hills was pulling into an angled parking spot in front of the salon, located in the shopping plaza with Kroger and Qdoba just east of Woodward Avenue. Kiernan said the woman told police her foot slipped from the brake to the accelerator as she was pulling in, and her 2011 red Buick Lacrosse jumped the curb and went through the Great Clips window, smashing brick, glass and the metal door frame. The accident sounded like an explosion, said Great Clips manager Lori Lienau…
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dredk
9:29 am on Tuesday, March 19, 2013
I agree with the previous comment. I have lived in the neighborhood east of woodward (poppleton park) for over 20 years. Traveling south on Woodward I have to use the turnaround to get onto Wimbleton. (north of Oak south of oakland) It's really really hard to see it at night. If someone were walking on the road or even median...just forget it. But 20 mph? In Michigan? I highly doubt it. Something… more ›