What started as an emergency rush to a hospital in Bay County, Michigan, ended with a traffic collision and the death of one person, an accident report states. The police said that Shirley E. Gotfryd, 85, lost her life on Tuesday, May 5th, as her husband raced against time to get her treatment.
The Bay County Sheriff’s Department said in a press briefing that at about 12:45 p.m., deputies responded to a call about a traffic collision. It occurred near the intersection of North Euclid Avenue and Mosher Street in Bangor Township.
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Sheriff Troy R. Cunningham said before the deputies arrived, officials from the Bay City Public Safety were already at the scene. BCPS was responding to a call about an unresponsive woman in the parking lot of Auburn Physical Therapy at 309 S. Euclid Avenue.
The lawmen located the car — a Saturn Vue SUV — with Gotfryd inside. They also found out that the vehicle the woman was traveling in, earlier struck a Chevrolet Cruz driven by a 32-year-old woman. The female driver said the deceased’s car collided with hers and kept driving on.
The younger woman complained of shoulder pains, and the medics took her to McLaren Bay Regional Hospital for treatment. Further investigations uncovered that Gotfryd’s 86-year-old husband was the one behind the wheels of the SUV.
The man said his wife had a medical emergency at their home, and he was rushing to take her to the hospital. First responders examined the woman and pronounced her dead; she passed away from medical complications, not injuries sustained in the crash.
The police did not cite Gotfryd’s husband for his role in the accident. The accident report showed that the investigation is ongoing, and at the conclusion, the sheriff’s office will send the report to the Bay County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
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