VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The man who was driving when a rock thrown from an overpass on I-75 in Vienna Township smashed through the windshield of his van and killed the passenger Oct. 18 keeps having flashbacks of the tragedy.
Steve Amthor's friend Kenneth Andrew White, 32, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after being hit in the face and chest with the 6-pound rock.
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Amthor is a witness, and prosecutors told him not to talk about case specifics, but he has spoken about flashbacks he's had and the sadness he feels for White's family.
"I think, "What could I have done different, could I have maybe moved faster?'" Amthor said. "I did everything I could to save him from bleeding out."
He said he keeps flashing back to the day his friend was killed, but what may be even more troubling for Amthor is the damage done to White's family.
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"He was five minutes from seeing his loved ones," he said.
White was engaged and was the father to a 5-year-old boy.
"That's all he talked about; he had a love for his fiancee, son and family," Amthor said.
Kyle Anger, 17; Mark Sekelsky, 16; Mikadyn Payne, 16; Trevor Gray, 15; and Alexander Miller, 15 were charged with murder in the rock-throwing incident.
Before Amthor and White drove by the overpass, police said 20 rocks had already been thrown. Four other cars had pulled over, and drivers called 911.
Amthor said he found some comfort that police made quick arrests, and he attended the teens' arraignment Tuesday.
He said he was shocked by the lack of emotion shown by the teens, who face the possibility of life in prison.
While he is deeply troubled by what happened, Amthor hopes others will learn from what happened, and similar deaths will be prevented.
"I'm thinking a lot of people are going to learn from this. There's been a lot of tragedy. A lot of people have been affected by this and still [are] affected by this," he said.
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