Medical emergency contributed to fatal crash in Oakland County, deputies say
A Rochester Hills man has died after suffering from a medical emergency while driving in Oakland County, Michigan.
Pranit Birje, 46, died Tuesday in the aftermath of a single-vehicle crash Saturday on West Tieken Road, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office reported. Birje was driving a 2020 Nissan Rogue eastbound on West Tienken, near Bridgestone Drive, when the vehicle crossed the center line and struck a tree.
Witnesses told officers that the vehicle had crossed the center line multiple times. Investigators later learned Birje suffered a medical emergency while driving.
He was taken by paramedics from the Rochester Hills Fire Department to a hospital, where he later died.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Unit investigated the accident.