'LIKE IT HIT A BRICK WALL' 5 killed as pickup plows into bicyclists in Michigan

[techbeck]

Five bicyclists were killed and four injured Tuesday when a pickup truck seen driving erratically moments earlier plowed into them just north of Kalamazoo, Mich., police said.

 

One neighbor who saw the truck after the accident told The Detroit Free Press that it "looked like it hit a brick wall."

 

The driver tried to flee on foot, but was nabbed shortly after the 7 p.m. incident, said police. The horrific scene took place near a park in Cooper Township, and local prosecutor Jeffrey Getting said the bicyclists were pronounced dead at the scene.

 

Neither the suspect nor the dead and injured were immediately identified. Authorities said the driver was a 50-year-old man from western Michigan, and that no children were hurt.

 

Getting said police had received multiple calls warning were made about the pickup earlier Tuesday "over concerns" about erratic driving. He said authorities had been searching for the driver, but there was no active pursuit at the time of the accident.

 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/08/like-it-hit-brick-wall-5-killed-as-pickup-plows-into-bicyclists-in-michigan.html

[DocM]

Sound's like some bozo high on something.  

 

Dunno about Kalamazoo County but in Wayne County he'd be charged with 5 counts of Murder 2 plus whatever else half way fit, our (female) prosecutor being a hang 'em high type.