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Police Looking for Driver Responsible for Serious Crash on Lapeer Road

(OCSO, Feb. 21, 2023)

Orion Township, MI – Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying the vehicle and driver involved in an early morning traffic crash today in Orion Township that left another driver hospitalized in serious condition.

The crash occurred at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Lapeer Road near Waldon Road.

A vehicle was traveling northbound on Lapeer Road when it veered into the median, striking a road sign which became dislodged and went airborne.

At the same time, a 31-year-old Lake Orion man was operating a 2013 Volkswagen Passat southbound on Lapeer Road. The road sign traveled into oncoming traffic where it went through the windshield of the Passat, striking the driver.

The Passat then veered off Lapeer Road where it came to rest against a tree near Waldon Road.

The Lake Orion man was transported to the hospital by paramedics from the Orion Township Fire Department. He is listed in serious but stable condition. He was wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

No information is known about the vehicle or driver that struck the sign. Anyone who may have seen the crash, the vehicle involved, or has any information about the driver is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office at (248) 858-4950. The incident is being investigated by the Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit.

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