Deerfield Resident Killed While Riding Scooter In Michigan: Police

ANN ARBOR, MI — A 21-year-old Deerfield resident, who was studying at the University of Michigan, was killed after a scooter he was riding was involved in a head-on crash with a car earlier this month on campus. Seth Sugar was taken to the University of Michigan hospital with life-threatening injuries on July 9 after the crash, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.

Services for Sugar were held on July 12 at Shalom Memorial Funeral Home, followed by interment at Shalom Memorial Park in Arlington Heights, according to his obituary.

In a news release from the Ann Arbor Police Department, the accident occurred at around 11:30 p.m. at Oakland Avenue and Hill Street. When police arrived on the scene, they found Sugar with significant head injuries.

A preliminary investigation has revealed that Sugar was operating a battery-operated motorized scooter and was traveling eastbound on Hill Street when the scooter crossed the center line near Oakland Avenue, causing the head-on collision with a sedan moving westbound. The driver of the sedan, identified as a 77-year-old Ann Arbor resident, was not injured in the crash.

The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office assisted in the investigation.

Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash or has information that may assist the investigation to call the AAPD tip line at 734-794-6939 or email tips@a2gov.org.

Sugar was a rising senior at Michigan and was expected to graduate in the spring of 2024 with a degree in economics and minor in entrepreneurship from the Ross School of Business.

Read Sugar's complete obituary here.