A motorist died after he was struck by a vehicle fleeing Warren police early Thursday morning on Detroit’s northeast side, officials said.
Warren police officials said the victim was a 48-year-old Detroit resident. He was not involved in the car chase.
According to a preliminary investigation, Warren officers on patrol at about 2 a.m. tried to conduct a traffic stop on a silver Dodge Ram pickup truck in the area of Fairfield and Georgiana avenues near Groesbeck Highway and Eight Mile Road.
Police said the officers saw multiple occupants wearing ski masks inside the truck while it traveled through the area.
The truck’s driver failed to stop and fled, according to authorities. Police followed the vehicle to southbound Schoenherr Road then toward Eight Mile, investigators said.
Officials said the pickup’s driver disregarded a red traffic signal at the intersection of Schoenherr and Eight Mile and hit a vehicle traveling west.
Medics took the struck vehicle’s driver to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Detectives said five people inside the pickup exited the vehicle and ran.
Officers arrested four, who are all juveniles, authorities added.
Police said they believe the suspects are behind at least 15 vehicle-related thefts reported throughout Warren in the last 48 hours.
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