The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is on the hunt for a driver involved in a hit-and-run that left a young man critically injured on the streets of Pontiac. The incident occurred yesterday, around 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Perry and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. According to The Detroit News, a 911 caller discovered the victim lying in the street, motionless and bleeding. Authorities have yet to identify the victim, but described him as a Hispanic man in his late teens or early 20s.
Investigators believe the suspect was driving north on Perry Street at the time of the collision. Witnesses have described a white work truck as the vehicle in question, but it remains unclear whether the young man was using the crosswalk when he was hit. This tragedy marks Pontiac's seventh serious or fatal hit-and-run event in 2025, as reported by ClickOnDetroit.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard expressed his dismay at the frequency of these incidents in a statement obtained by The Detroit News, saying, "It’s hard to imagine the lack of humanity that lets people hit a person with a car and drive off." The Sheriff's Office is appealing to the public for information that could lead to identifying the driver responsible for this latest collision.
