One dead in hit and run outside Plymouth, officials say
Updated Feb 28, 2021;
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SALEM TWP., MI - A person died in a hit and run late Friday night outside Plymouth.
Authorities responded to a traffic accident report just before midnight, Feb. 26 in the area of Pontiac Trail near Six Mile Road in Salem Township, according to the township’s fire department.
Salem Township Fire Chief Jim Rachwal told MLive the person, whose name has not been released, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Michigan State Police and the South Lyon Police Department are investigating the incident, Rachwal said.
The area of Pontiac Trail and Six Mile Road was closed at 12:02 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, according to an alert by the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office. The Salem Fire Department left the scene at 5:30 a.m., Rachwal said.