The intersection of Davisburg and Ormond Road was closed for about five hours Sunday while police investigated a crash that killed an elderly White Lake Township couple.
William Torode, 80, and Betty Torode, his 78-year-old wife, died after an oncoming vehicle struck their car just after 10 a.m.
According to a report from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit, a 2004 KIA SUV was traveling eastbound on Davisburg Road when a 1991 Dodge Spirit driven by Mr. Torode crossed into its path.
Mr. Torode, who was traveling northbound on Ormond Road, may have run the stop sign, emergency responders said.
‘We didn’t find any skid marks on the road, or other evidence they tried to stop,? said Springfield Township Fire Chief Charlie Oaks, noting the White Lake Road Lake couple didn’t live far from the area where the crash occurred and should have been familiar with the intersection.
Firefighters extricated both victims from the Sprit; both Mr. and Mrs. Torode were pronounced dead at the scene.
The Kia’s driver, a 40-year-old Waterford woman, was hospitalized briefly, while her 15-year-old son, who was also in the vehicle at the time of the crash, was uninjured.
Alcohol or drug use does not appear to be a factor, police said, and everyone involved was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.