DETROIT – Police said they have arrested the driver they believe struck and killed a man on Gratiot Avenue on Detroit's east side Wednesday afternoon.
Aubrey Blakely, a retired auto worker, was standing on the side of the road when he was killed by a driver who swerved into him. Police believe that driver may have been distracted by their phone.
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Police said they tracked the suspect to Oxford, where he was arrested.
ORIGINAL STORY: Man standing on Detroit street corner struck, killed by hit-and-run driver
Video shows Blakely standing on the side of the road and getting hit and killed by a driver who swerved into him and kept going near the intersection of Gratiot Avenue and Linnhurst Street.
Blakely was working to promote business for an oil change business with friends.