Royal Oak Man Struck, Killed Trying To Cross 13 Mile Road: Police

ROYAL OAK, MI — An 84-year-old Royal Oak man was killed Sunday evening after being struck by a vehicle, Royal Oak Police said.

Police said officers and paramedics responded to the scene at E. Thirteen Mile Road near Campbell Road at 8:10 p.m. and transported the man to Beaumont Hospital where he died.

The man was walking south across Thirteen Mile Road, outside a crosswalk, when he was struck by the 19-year-driver traveling westbound, police said.

The driver and passenger of the vehicle that struck the man were not injured and remained on the scene, officials said.

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Police determined alcohol was not a factor in the incident.

Officials said several lanes of 13 Mile Road were closed for a short time.

For more information, contact the Royal Oak Police Department Criminal Investigation Division Lieutenant Al Carter at (248) 246-3456.