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41-Year-Old Dies On Detroit

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At 10:50pm last night a call went out for a person that lost control of their car and hit a
pole, well go out is not correctly, the person that is believed to have been drinking, lost
control of their car right in front of a police car.

41-year-old male died at the scene.

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Re: 41-Year-Old Dies On Detroit

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Yikes! Where exactly did this happen? From the looks of what's left of the car, he must have been flying . . so sad and tragic. Fortunately, no pedestrians were in the way.
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Really, for that amount of damage, it's a miracle no one else was hurt. There are people walking dogs, walking between bars, just out and about at that time of night.
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The accident dragged on and spread debris over a 300' trail. On a summer night waling on Detroit
at 10:50pm they could have been handfuls of equally drunk people walking between bars.

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A half a block away and there is still heavy debris.

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100lb piece of car, 300+ feet away!

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Trying to clean up.

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Lakewood Fire and Police always do an excellent job, but at 40 minutes a trip to Metro, or Fairview
this would have been a real nightmare with others involved.

Another night in Lakewood...

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Re: 41-Year-Old Dies On Detroit

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It's being reported that his name was John Vitanza. Lakewood police claim he was driving at a high rate of speed - about 75 miles per hour. :shock:
Interestingly, the man has been reported missing since December of 2014.

I think it's a miracle he didn't take anyone else with him. 75 down Detroit!!
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Ultimately, no amount of air bags or safety features can defy the laws of physics. I am just so tempted to say the ***hole deserved to die because of his recklessness but I'll pass on that.
My sympathies go out to the police and fire who had to deal with this crash.
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Very ironic. He and his parents lived next door to my brother and his family. That was 35-40 years ago in Eastlake. Good parents, nice kids. I'm shocked.
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Re: 41-Year-Old Dies On Detroit

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Stan, I'm totally with you. If he survived I would want him locked up forever. There should never be anything traveling at that speed in our city.
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