AUBURN HILLS, MI : Driver wanted after fleeing fatal crash in Auburn Hills on Thursday, 6th June 2024

A suspect is on the run after fleeing Auburn Hills police and causing a fatal crash Thursday evening.

An officer tried to stop a 2020 Kia Forte that was speeding on Lapeer Road around 7 p.m. but the driver fled. The officer pursued the driver, who reached speeds of 88 mph, for about ½ mile before terminating the chase at Zelma Drive.

Police said the officer stopped, while the driver in the Kia kept going. The officer saw the driver go over a small hill on Lapeer Road before seeing smoke coming from the intersection of Walton Boulevard and Perry Street.

The officer went to the intersection and found a crash involving the Kia and a 2002 Ford F-150. The driver of the Kia fled the scene on foot, leaving his female passenger behind in critical condition.

The driver of the F-150, a 68-year-old Auburn Hills man, was trapped in the truck and needed to be extricated. He was taken to a hospital, where he died. The passenger from the Kia remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

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