BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Battle Creek man is dead following a possible domestic assault that ended in a fatal traffic incident on Michigan Avenue Monday night.
Battle Creek Police say they responded to several calls of a possible domestic assault in the 800 block of East Michigan Avenue shortly after 11:30 p.m. When they arrived, officers discovered that one of the people involved in the possible domestic assault had been struck by a passing vehicle.
Their initial information showed that a vehicle had been parked or stopped in the eastbound lane of Michigan Avenue. The 50-year-old Battle Creek man that was struck by a vehicle had either walked or ran from the stopped vehicle, and was then struck by a different vehicle traveling in the westbound lane of Michigan Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle that struck and killed the victim has been identified as a 60-year-old Battle Creek man. He did stop after the traffic incident occurred and police say is currently cooperating with the ongoing investigation.
The BCPD is currently investigating the incident and no arrests have been made at this time.
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