A Michigan couple died in two separate accidents between Christmas and New Year’s Day, in accordance with native officers.
Scott Levitan, 66, and Mary Lou Levitan, additionally 66, had been each residents of Livonia, a suburb west of Detroit. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the sequence of occasions unfolded after Scott Levitan fell right into a frozen lake on Dec. 26.
The Michigan resident, who was ice-fishing along with his 15-year-old grandson, was drilling a gap into the ice on Lake George in Addison Township on the time.
When trying to avoid wasting his grandfather’s life, {the teenager} additionally fell into the lake however was later rescued and handled for his accidents.
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Scott Levitan, 66, and Mary Lou Levitan, additionally 66, had been each residents of Livonia, Mich. (GoFundMe)
“The two had gone onto the ice and had been drilling a gap to go ice fishing when the ice gave method, and the grandfather fell into the ice water,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a press release. “The boy referred to as 911 after which tried to assist his grandfather out of the water however the ice broke and he fell into the water too.”
Authorities mentioned a neighborhood resident noticed the Levitans and “rapidly grabbed a kayak” to rescue them.
“[The rescuer] was in a position to help the boy out of the water after which grabbed a second kayak to help the grandfather,” the sheriff’s workplace famous. “The neighbor couldn’t take away the grandfather as a result of the ice stored breaking however he was in a position to preserve the grandfather’s head above the water till assist arrived.”
The subsequent day, Mary Lou Levitan was on her method to decide up her husband’s automobile when she was fatally injured in a automobile accident, in accordance with police. Scott Levitan was on life assist at the moment.
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The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating each incidents. (Google Maps)
The sheriff’s workplace mentioned a 19-year-old driver crossed into the northbound lane of an Oakland Township highway “for an unknown motive,” placing the automobile by which Mary Lou Levitan was using.
Mary Lou Levitan, who was a backseat passenger within the automobile, was pronounced lifeless on the scene of the crash on Dec. 27. Her husband was faraway from life assist on Dec. 31.
In a press release, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard expressed his condolences to the Levitans.
“This is an unspeakable tragedy that has befallen this household in a really brief time,” Bouchard mentioned. “Two tragic and unrelated incidents occur inside 24 hours of one another.”
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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, pictured right here in 2022, expressed his condolences to the household. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)
“It’s arduous to wrap your fingers round it. Our prayers are with the household.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
