DETROIT (FOX 2) - A 19-year-old man accused of running a red light and causing a crash that killed a 9-year-old child Friday in Detroit is now facing charges.
Gregory Bester Louis Austin is charged with reckless driving causing death, reckless driving causing serious impairment, driving while license suspended, revoked, or denied – causing death, and driving while license suspended, revoked, or denied – causing serious impairment.
The backstory:
According to the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Austin was allegedly speeding and driving recklessly when he ran a red light at the Southfield Service Drive and Tireman just before 9:25 p.m. He crashed into the passenger side of a vehicle that was traveling on Tireman.
Two victims who were in the vehicle he hit, 9-year-old Fatoumatu Diallo and a 52-year-old Detroit woman, were both taken to hospitals. Diallo was pronounced dead at the hospital.
What's next:
Austin is expected to be arraigned Tuesday morning.
The Source: This information is from the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office.
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