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University of Michigan student dies in Ann Arbor vehicle crash involving scooter

CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for July 10, 2023
CBS News Detroit Digital Brief for July 10, 2023 02:48

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Police say a University of Michigan student driving a motorized scooter has died after colliding with a vehicle over the weekend in Ann Arbor.

According to the Ann Arbor Police Department, police were called at about 11:30 p.m., July 8, to the area of Oakland Avenue and Hill Street, where they found the 21-year-old Seth Sugar, of Deerfield, Illinois, with significant head injuries. 

A preliminary investigation revealed Sugar was traveling east on Hill Street when the scooter crossed the center line and collided head-on with a sedan traveling west. 

Sugar was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and was pronounced dead on July 9. The driver of the sedan, a 77-year-old Ann Arbor resident, was not injured.

The crash is under investigation.

Anyone who witnessed the crash is asked to call the Ann Arbor tip line at 734-794-6939 or email the tip line at tips@a2gov.org.

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