A 15-year-old boy is dead after he was hit by a motorist driving an SUV in Frenchtown Township, Michigan, on Saturday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The collision on North Telegraph Road near Paree Street was reported around 1:30 a.m. The sheriff’s office said the teen, from Carleton, Michigan, was walking on the side of the road by the white fog line when a woman in a Dodge Journey struck him.
The Newport, Michigan, woman, 31, stopped at a nearby gas station, initially believing she hit a “non-fixed object,” the sheriff’s office said. She reached out to law enforcement after noticing the amount of damage to her vehicle…