DETROIT – A Romulus man was convicted Monday for crashing into an Eastern Market CEO and his wife.
Eastern Market CEO Dan Carmody, 68, and his wife Vivian Carmody, 68, were struck by a van at around 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, while walking to dinner in the area of St. Aubin Street and Lafayette Boulevard in Detroit. Dan Carmody was injured. His wife, Vivian Carmody, was pronounced dead the day of the crash.
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Prosecutors said Jacob Thomas Mraulak, 28, of Romulus, was intoxicated and driving against traffic on East Lafayette Street near St. Aubin Street when he drove onto the sidewalk, striking Dan and Vivian Carmody.
Witnesses said the man driving the van kept going after hitting the couple. The driver crossed a median and lost a tire before crashing into a tree. First responders administered Narcan, an emergency overdose medication, before transporting him to a hospital.
Mraulak was charged with operating while intoxicated causing death, reckless driving causing death, operating while intoxicated causing serious injury and reckless driving causing serious injury. He was found guilty by a jury on all four counts on Sept. 23, 2024.
Mraulak is scheduled to be sentenced in the Third Circuit Court on Oct. 18, 2024.
