Woman In Wheelchair Falls Into Road, Fatally Struck In Royal Oak: Cops

ROYAL OAK, MI — A woman was fatally struck by a car Monday afternoon after she fell out of her wheelchair while trying to cross a road in Royal Oak, police said.

Police said the 50-year-old woman from Detroit was hit in the area of Woodward Avenue and Coolidge Highway just after 3:10 p.m. when she fell forward from her wheelchair into the roadway.

Royal Oak officials took the woman to a nearby hospital, where she died from her injuries, police said.

The 39-year-old driver who hit the woman stayed at the crash scene, police said.

Officials closed one northbound lane on Woodward Avenue and one southbound lane on Coolidge Highway on Monday.

Anyone with information was asked to call the Royal Oak Police Department at 248-246-3500 or the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office at 248-858-4950.