Dwayne Darrell Proctor has admitted he was behind the wheel in a deadly high-speed wreck on Detroit's west side, pleading guilty this week to two felony reckless-driving counts tied to a 105 mph crash that killed a 68-year-old woman and left another woman critically injured. Prosecutors say Proctor blew through a red light at Grand River Avenue and Telegraph Road before slamming into the victims' vehicle. He entered his plea last Friday and is scheduled for sentencing on May 8. A 4-year-old child riding with Proctor was not seriously hurt, while Proctor suffered multiple spinal fractures and a collapsed lung. Under the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped three other charges, including second-degree murder and two counts of operating under the influence.
Plea and charges
Court records list the two felony counts as reckless driving causing death and reckless driving causing serious impairment of a body function, according to the Wayne County Sheriff. The online docket also details multiple scheduled hearings and notes the cash bond connected to Proctor's June 2025 booking.
Crash at Grand River and Telegraph
According to prosecutors and court filings, Proctor was driving at roughly 105 mph when he ran a red light at Grand River Avenue and Telegraph Road and hit a vehicle carrying two women, killing the 68-year-old passenger and critically injuring a 44-year-old woman, as reported by ClickOnDetroit. Witness accounts and surveillance video captured both the impact and the scramble by first responders to pull victims from the wreckage, according to the reports. Officers at the scene reported smelling alcohol on Proctor, and a toxicology report was still pending at the time he entered his plea.
Prior record and bond
Court records show that Proctor had already drawn police attention on Detroit roads in 2025. He faced a February reckless-driving case that was reduced to drag racing, an April charge for driving with a suspended license, and a May citation for careless driving, according to the Wayne County booking records. At his arraignment in the current case, the judge pointed to that pattern when denying a personal bond and instead setting a $500,000 cash bond with tether, the same records indicate.
Why this case matters
The plea highlights how prosecutors are increasingly filing serious felony counts in extreme-speed crashes when they say drivers created a clear and foreseeable risk of death. Similar cases around metro Detroit have ended with prison terms and heavy public scrutiny, including a wrong-way drunk-driving conviction that resulted in a multi-year sentence, as covered by FOX 2 Detroit. Hoodline coverage of another high-speed case topping 100 mph underscores how triple-digit speeds on local streets keep turning routine commutes into tragedies.
What's next
Proctor is scheduled to return to Wayne County Circuit Court for sentencing on May 8 before Judge Nicholas Hathaway, who will decide his punishment within the terms of the plea agreement. Outside of what appears in court filings, prosecutors have not publicly expanded on the case, and no civil lawsuits from the victims' families have been reported as of the plea date, according to ClickOnDetroit.
