An apparent Good Samaritan lost his life Sunday, Feb. 22 while attempting to help a stranded motorist on Clintonville Road north of Maybee Road in Independence Township.
John Ryan, 39, was pronounced dead at the POH Clarkston campus because of injuries suffered when he was struck by a vehicle at about 7:36 p.m., according to Oakland County Sheriff reports.
A vehicle was stuck in the snow on the shoulder of southbound Clintonville Road and Ryan was on the road side of the vehicle when he was struck by a southbound vehicle. The driver of the offendng vehicle did not stop, and witnesses could only describe it as a full-size General Motors pickup truck.