22-year-old Michigan State senior killed in hit-and-run in Oakland Township

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 22-year-old Michigan State senior was residence from college for the vacations when he was struck by a automobile and killed this weekend in Oakland County.

Benjamin Kable, 22, of Shelby Township, was strolling within the southbound lane of Rochester Highway when he was struck by a white BMW 300, in response to authorities on Sunday, Jan. 1.

Individuals dwelling on Rochester Highway, proper throughout the road from the Rochester Cider Mill, wakened on New 12 months’s Day to seek out Oakland County investigators of their entrance yards.

Alex Uhrin lives shut by to the scene of the accident and says officers labored for hours, documenting the hit-and-run the place the 22-year-old was killed.

“That they had from Whims Lane to, I need to imagine, simply shy of Mead Highway shut down,” Uhrin mentioned.

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Benjamin’s household mentioned he was doing every little thing proper in life. He was a senior at Michigan State College and was finding out electrical engineering.

He was residence for the vacations and, for no matter purpose, was strolling down Rochester Highway.

“Sure, it’s worrisome to myself, trigger, I’m 32 years outdated, and that’s, you understand, ten years youthful than me and I’ve lived on this street, I’ve walked to good friend’s homes and issues like that, so it has all the time lingered in my thoughts,” Uhrin defined.

Deputies with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace are asking for assist figuring out the hit-and-run driver.

Police mentioned the driving force of the BMW fled the scene after placing Kable. The automobile is believed to have been a mannequin between 2012 and 2019.

“A horrible crash like that is horrific sufficient, however to flee the scene and go away an individual within the street like trash is unforgivable,” Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard mentioned. “We’d like the general public’s assist discovering this individual.”

A reward of as much as $1,000 is being supplied for info that results in an arrest.

Anybody with info is requested to name Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. Callers will stay nameless.

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