An Inkster driver struck and killed a 62-year-old wheelchair-bound woman from Ypsilanti Township last Saturday.
Washtenaw County Sheriff deputies were called to the scene at Michigan Avenue near Harvey Place in Ypsilanti at about 9 p.m. Jan. 23 when the 36-year-old Inkster woman called to report that she had struck a pedestrian. The driver had four children with her in her vehicle at the time of the incident, according to police reports, although there were no injuries to anyone in the vehicle reported.
The driver was traveling east and the Ypsilanti woman was in a wheelchair, also heading east, according to police reports. She died of the injuries sustained in the collision.
The office of the Washtenaw County Sheriff said there were no arrests or charges in the incident but that the investigation is ongoing.
