Another pedestrian, 73, struck and killed

A 73-year-old man was crossing a roadway in Rochester Hills when he was struck by a vehicle.

There have been at least nine other pedestrian accidents in Oakland County in recent weeks.

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident occurred just before 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 21, along Livernois Road while the man was crossing Drexelgate Parkway, which is between Avon and Hamlin roads.

Emergency responders took the victim, a resident of Rochester Hills, to the nearby Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital, where he later died.

“A female subject was driving a 2018 Buick Encore southbound on Livernois Road and was turning left onto eastbound Drexelgate Parkway when she struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk,” the sheriff’s office reported. “The driver of the Buick Encore was wearing her seatbelt at the time of the crash. Drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor in this crash.”

The driver of the vehicle is a 77-year-old Rochester Hills woman.

Sunset times continue to get earlier, especially following the shift at the end of Daylight Saving Time. On Nov. 1, sunset was at about 6:27 p.m.

According to sunrisesunset.org, on Sunday the sunset was at about 5:07 p.m.

Numerous pedestrian accidents have occurred in the region in the past few weeks, many in Oakland County.

Among the accident are:

• Two people were struck in Troy, killing one, just after 8 p.m. on Nov. 17 as they crossed Big Beaver Road near Livernois.

• A Pontiac man, 59, was killed while crossing Walton Boulevard at about 6:45 p.m. Nov. 17.

• On Nov. 11, a woman, 32, was struck and killed on Telegraph Road in Pontiac just before 6 p.m.

• A Detroit woman, 60, died after being struck on Eight Mile Road near Lahser Road in Southfield at about 7:20 a.m. Nov. 2.

• A man crossing Dixie Highway in Waterford was killed at about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 22.

• On Oct. 17, at about 8:10 p.m., an 84-year-old man crossing 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak was struck and later died.

• Also on Oct. 17, just before 4 p.m., a Detroit man, 63, was killed after being hit by a vehicle in the area of Northwestern Highway and Telegraph Road in Southfield.

• A 39-year-old Birmingham woman was killed while crossing Woodward Avenue in the city at about 9:15 p.m. Sept. 22.

On Friday, Bloomfield Township police said they were investigating an accident involving a pedestrian on South Boulevard near Adams Road, which reportedly occurred Wednesday evening, Nov. 24.