Trial set for Saginaw man charged in I-75 crash that killed taxi driver - MLive.com
BAY CITY, MI — A 29-year-old Saginaw man police say drunkenly crashed head-on with a taxi van, killing the driver and severely injuring his fare, is to face a jury in November. Brown's first trial date is the same as that of Brent A. Pierce Jr. , accused of perpetrating a drive-by shooting and slicing a man's throat. Brown is charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing death and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated causing serious injury. The charges stem from a two-vehicle crash that occurred on I-75 near East North Union Road in Monitor Township about 3:37 a. m. on Sunday, May 17, according to police reports contained in court records. Campbell , 54, was driving his 1997 Chevrolet Astro van taxi containing Benjamin E. Martinson, 33, whom he had picked up from the World Expo of Beer in Frankenmuth and was taking to Midland County. Brown was allegedly driving a 2014 Chevrolet Impala in the wrong direction on I-75 and the two vehicles collided head-on, police reports state. Bay County Central Dispatch began receiving calls at 3:26 a. m. of the Impala driving the wrong way and swerving, court records show. Bay County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the crash scene at 3:41 a. m. Brown was in the Impala's driver's seat, trapped and screaming, "Get me out've here," police reports state. Source: www.mlive.com
