Detroiter charged with felony for fatal hit and run at Madison Heights bus stop

Detroiter charged with felony for fatal hit and run at Madison Heights bus stop

A 30-year-old Detroiter was arraigned over the weekend for a felony in connection with a fatal hit-and-run at a Madison Heights bus stop. The victim, identified by police as 67-year-old Sammie Baker of Detroit, was reportedly struck by a vehicle while waiting for a bus on Dequindre Road north of 11 Mile Road on Jan. 29, shortly before 5 p.m. He was transported to Corewell Health/Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak where he was pronounced dead, police…

Man arrested after leaving scene of fatal car vs. pedestrian crash in Madison Heights

Just before 5 p.m. Jan. 29, a 67-year-old Detroit man who had been waiting for a bus on southbound Dequindre Road in Madison Heights, was struck and killed by a gold Toyota sedan. The driver of the sedan, who police later identified as Jala Salim Safah, 30, allegedly left the road and hit Sammie Baker, causing his death, before leaving the scene. Safah was charged with a felony for leaving the scene of the crash, which is punishable by up to 15…