BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – What to know:
- Jerry Driscoll, 60, was killed on May 11 after being struck by an 86-year-old driver while walking his two family dogs near 14 Mile Road and Bates Street in Birmingham.
- The crash happened around 8:30 to 8:45 a.m., as the driver made a left turn from Bates onto 14 Mile Road.
- The driver told police she did not see Driscoll until she noticed a man farther down the block and then hit the brakes.
- The driver said she was deaf and wore a cochlear implant that she had left at home.
BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. — In May, a Beverly Hills dad was struck and killed by an 86-year-old driver while he was walking across 14 Mile Road and Bates in Birmingham. Now, the driver is not being charged in his death – and his family is fighting for answers.
On the morning of May 11th, dad to two Jerry Driscoll was walking his two family dogs when he was hit. With his family home around the corner, their world changed forever.
“It was like 8:30 in the morning, maybe 8:45 and, I mean, I am a college student home for summer break so I was knocked out asleep,” his daughter, Elizabeth, Lizzy, Driscoll said. “My neighbor came in, shaking me awake and is like, ‘you’re dad was in an accident.’”…