Alcohol and speeding are believed to have played a factor in the death of a Brown City man over the weekend.
20-year-old Brody Thompson was visiting Detroit with an 18-year-old woman, also from Brown City, with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office saying that Thompson had been driving on Woodward Avenue around 1:45 a.m. on Sunday morning.
He was driving his 2010 Audi A5 north near Osmun Street when he lost control of the vehicle taking a curve too fast. Thompson, who was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident, hit a curb, driving through a street median and across the south lanes of Woodward before coming to rest, rolling over in the front yard of a local home.
Thompson’s 18-year-old passenger was not wearing her seatbelt either, but was listed in stable condition after transport to a nearby hospital.
During the accident, Thompson crashed through the sun roof, having been thrown during impact. The investigation continues.
