OSCEOLA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police have released more information about the man accused of causing a crash in Livingston County that killed five people and left three others seriously injured.
Both of the drivers involved Tuesday in the crash were driving without a valid license, records showed.
According to the secretary of state, Matthew Jordan Carrier, 22, of Fenton, was driving on a suspended driver's license when he sped through a stop sign on Argentine Road and hit another car at M-59.
His driving history includes minor in possession, driving without a valid license, careless driving and failing to appear in court on driving offenses.
Carrier was pulled from a mangled 2002 burnt orange Subaru Impreza and rushed to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor. He was listed in critical condition, but he's since been listed as stable, according to U of M Hospital.
Also in the University of Michigan burn unit is Albert Rudolph Boswell, 39, of Oakland County. Police said he was driving a black Cadillac Escalade on M-59 with an expired driver's license when his car was struck by the Impreza.
Boswell is still listed in critical condition. A drunk-driving offense from 15 years ago led to an expired license, and the secretary of state's office said he needed to take a road test to reinstate his licenses, but he never did.
Carrier's rear driver-side passenger, Kyle Eugene Lixie, 23, is listed in critical condition. Lixie was ejected from the car.
Boswell's girlfriend, Candice Lynn Dunn, 35, of Oakland County; her mother, Linda K. Hurley, 69, of Macomb County; and her mother's boyfriend, Jerome Joseph Tortomasi, 73, of Macomb County, were killed in the crash.
One of the vehicles caught fire, and the other vehicle rolled at least one time.
"Emergency responders were on the scene pretty quick. It was pretty chaotic for the first officers who were on the scene," said state police Lt. Mario Gonzales. "We don’t deal with this amount of fatalities on a regular basis.
"I’ve been doing this job for 27 years, and these have occurred many times, unfortunately, and they all affect us. When we become police officers, they don’t take away our feelings."
Decorated probation agent killed in crash
Dunn and her family were on their way home from a ceremony that recognized her as the Michigan Probation Agent of the Year at the Kellog Center in East Lansing when their car was hit.
"Oh my God, there's someone in the car that is on fire, and I can't get her," a 911 caller said after the crash.
The entire Michigan Department of Corrections was gutted by the news. Members who were at the banquet Tuesday night said they can't fathom going from the highest professional accolade to dying in a span of hours.
Former co-workers said everyone is devastated to lose someone who made everyone and everything better.
"This is a huge loss for the UAW 600, Michigan state employees, we're all hurting from this," Marseille Allen said.
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