Police Blotter: Driver Dies After Crash Near Detroit Zoo

ROYAL OAK, MI – A 29-year-old Detroit man died after an early Monday morning crash into a parking support structure at the Detroit Zoo, according to police reports. The driver, who police did not identify, died at the scene of the crash, police said.

Royal Oak police responded to crash scene at about 12:30 a.m. on Monday. Police said the driver was headed south on Woodward Avenue near Ten Mile Road, where the vehicle veered off the road at the Washington Avenue split and hit a concrete support structure.

The man was the only person in the vehicle when the crash happened, police said.

More reports:

Larceny: Someone stole sidewalk fencing from the front of La Feast restaurant between 8 a.m. 2:35 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9.

Malicious destruction of property: Three kids were seen throwing eggs on a home in the 3000-block on North Wilson Avenue between 8:20 p.m. and 8:57 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 10.

Larceny: Someone tampered with delivered packages and stole items from a package in the 100-block of Fifth Avenue between 12:11 p.m. on Sunday and 3:23 a.m. Monday.

Larceny: Someone stole the seat and seat post from a bicycle at Royal Oak Middle School, between 8 a.m. and 5:14 p.m. Monday.

Larceny: Someone entered an unlocked car in the 3000-block of Rochester Road and stole an iPad between 1 p.m. and 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday.

Arrests made:

• 1 Probation Violation
• 4 Misdemeanor Warrant
• 3 Disorderly Conduct
• 1 Disorderly Conduct and Misdemeanor Warrant
• 4 Drove While License Suspended
• 4 Drove While License Suspended and Misdemeanor Warrant
• 4 Operating While Intoxicated
• 1 Operating While Intoxicated and Obstruct Police
• 1 Operating While Intoxicated and Drove While License Suspended
• 2 Operating While Intoxicated 2nd Offense
• 2 Operating While Intoxicated 3rd Offense
• 2 Operating Under the Influence of Drugs and Carrying a Concealed Weapon
• 2 Possession of Cocaine, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Narcotic Paraphernalia

• 2 Possession of MDMA (Ecstasy)
• 1 Assaulting a Police Officer
• 1 Obstructing a Police Officer and Misdemeanor Warrant

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