Crime & Safety
'Alcohol Was a Factor' in Deadly Bloomfield Crash: Police
Bloomfield Township police release name of Ortonville man who died after his SUV crashed into a tree.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI — “Alcohol was a factor” in a Sunday evening crash that killed the driver and injured his passenger, Bloomfield Township police said in a statement.
Police on Monday identified the victim as Travis Walls, 24, of Ortonville, in a statement that also corrected initial reports from the police department saying the accident occurred on Saturday.
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The investigation into the Sunday crash is continuing, police said.
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Walls and his passenger, a 22-year-old West Bloomfield woman, were both taken to a nearby hospital, where Walls was pronounced dead. Police said Sunday the passenger was hospitalized in stable condition.
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