Deaths of three Detroit-area autoworkers reflect deepening social crisis
The last several days saw the deaths of three Detroit-area Stellantis workers in tragic accidents that reflect the deepening social crisis, more than one year into the pandemic.
On Friday morning, a 49-year-old worker at the Stellantis Jefferson North Assembly Plant on the city s east side died when her car was struck by a train as she left work at 3:00 in the morning. The railroad crossing is adjacent to the plant entrance and is not protected by crossing arms.
A Stellantis Warren Stamping worker was found dead in a locker room at the plant Thursday evening, apparently of a drug overdose. Warren Commissioner Bill Dwyer said the 56-year-old Chrysler worker was one of three overdose deaths in the city that night. Heroin was apparently found on the scene.