Crime & Safety
Sterling Heights Motorcyclist Dies After Truck Runs Red Light, Crashes: Cops
Police said the pickup driver ran a red light and struck the motorcyclist at the intersection of Metro Parkway and Van Dyke Avenue.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI — A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday morning in Sterling Heights after a pickup truck ran a red light and struck him, police said.
Police said a man was driving a 2022 Dodge Ram Pickup west on Metro Parkway at 12:50 a.m. when he disregarded a red traffic signal and struck a 2016 Yahama motorcycle that was driving north on Van Dyke Avenue.
The 34-year-old Chesterfield Township man waited at the crash scene and cooperated with officials while the motorcycle driver was rushed to Troy Beaumont Hospital, where the 29-year-old Sterling Heights man later died, police said.
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Officials closed the intersection for about four hours while police investigated the crash.
Officials do not believe at this time that alcohol or drugs were factors in the crash.
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Anyone with information about the crash was asked to call Sterling Heights Police's Traffic Safety Bureau at (586) 446-2920.
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