A Michigan couple died in two separate accidents between Christmas and New Yr’s Day, in accordance with native officers.
Scott Levitan, 66, and Mary Lou Levitan, additionally 66, had been each residents of Livonia, a suburb west of Detroit. In accordance with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace, the sequence of occasions unfolded after Scott Levitan fell right into a frozen lake on Dec. 26.
The Michigan resident, who was ice-fishing along with his 15-year-old grandson, was drilling a gap into the ice on Lake George in Addison Township on the time.
When making an attempt to avoid wasting his grandfather’s life, {the teenager} additionally fell into the lake however was later rescued and handled for his accidents.
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Scott Levitan, 66, and Mary Lou Levitan, additionally 66, had been each residents of Livonia, Mich. (GoFundMe)
“The 2 had gone onto the ice and had been drilling a gap to go ice fishing when the ice gave means, and the grandfather fell into the ice water,” the sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release. “The boy known as 911 after which tried to assist his grandfather out of the water however the ice broke and he fell into the water too.”
Authorities stated an area resident noticed the Levitans and “rapidly grabbed a kayak” to rescue them.
“[The rescuer] was capable of help the boy out of the water after which grabbed a second kayak to help the grandfather,” the sheriff’s workplace famous. “The neighbor couldn’t take away the grandfather as a result of the ice saved breaking however he was capable of preserve the grandfather’s head above the water till assist arrived.”
The subsequent day, Mary Lou Levitan was on her solution to decide up her husband’s car when she was fatally injured in a automobile accident, in accordance with police. Scott Levitan was on life assist at the moment.
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The Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace is investigating each incidents. (Google Maps)
The sheriff’s workplace stated a 19-year-old driver crossed into the northbound lane of an Oakland Township highway “for an unknown motive,” hanging the automobile through which Mary Lou Levitan was driving.
Mary Lou Levitan, who was a backseat passenger within the car, was pronounced useless on the scene of the crash on Dec. 27. Her husband was faraway from life assist on Dec. 31.
In a press release, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard expressed his condolences to the Levitans.
“That is an unspeakable tragedy that has befallen this household in a really brief time,” Bouchard stated. “Two tragic and unrelated incidents occur inside 24 hours of one another.”
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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, pictured right here in 2022, expressed his condolences to the household. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Photographs)
“It is onerous to wrap your arms round it. Our prayers are with the household.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
