Police have released the name of a 30-year-old man from Shelby Township who died when he lost control of his car and it crashed into vehicles in a Pittsfield Township parking lot Friday night.
The aftermath of the crash in which Byron Frederick Abraham of Shelby Township died Friday night.
Colleen Ramsdell | For AnnArbor.com
Byron Frederick Abraham died after he lost control of his car on Washtenaw Avenue near Carpenter Road and it rolled over onto several cars in the parking lot of the Palm Palace restaurant at 2370 Carpenter Road.
Police said the Abraham's car was traveling east on Washtenaw just east of U.S. 23 about 7:45 p.m. when it drifted off the roadway to the south. The driver lost control, and the car traveled southeast across the northbound U.S. 23 exit ramp to Washtenaw Avenue. The vehicle then went over an embankment and eventually came to rest after striking several unoccupied parked cars at the restaurant.
Abraham was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are waiting for autopsy results to help determine what caused Abraham to lose control of the vehicle, Pittsfield Township Police Chief Gordy Schick said.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to call Pittsfield Township Police at 734-822- 4911.
The crash is the latest in a string of fatal crashes across Washtenaw County and it was the second in a week in Pittsfield Township.