Driver facing multiple felony charges in fatal hit and run
According to Westland police, officers were called to the area of Grand Traverse near Belding Court at about 4 a.m. Jan. 1, following reports of a man down in the roadway. Responding officers discovered a 61-year-old Westland man unconscious, lying in the street. Lifesaving measures by Westland police officers and paramedics were performed at the scene but the man did not survive and was pronounced dead at a local hospital, according to police.
The driver of the vehicle that struck and killed the man fled the scene, according to police reports but was located at her residence a short time after the accident. Jasmine Wynn has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death, a 15-year-felony, failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in serious impairment or death, a 5-year felony and assaulting, resisting, obstructing a police officer, a 2-year felony.
Wynn was arraigned Jan. 3 on the charges in front of 36th District Court Judge William Burton and given a $10,000 personal bond with an alcohol tether. She is scheduled for a probable cause conference at the 18th District Court Jan. 15, according to Westland police. Police have not released any further details about the incident.
Police are requesting that anyone who may have witnessed the incident contact the Westland Police Department Traffic Bureau at (734) 722-9633.
