Traverse City Record-Eagle

Cheboygan County

January 23, 2008

Teen dies after being struck by car

WOLVERINE -- A Wolverine teenager died after being struck by a vehicle in Cheboygan County's Wilmot Township.

Emergency responders were called at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday to Wolverine Road, east of Shire Road, after a car driven east by Patrick James Murphy, 56, of Wolverine, struck pedestrian Nicholas Leese, 17, also of Wolverine.

Leese was pronounced dead at the scene, said trooper Mark Tamlyn from the Michigan State Police post in Cheboygan.

Leese wore dark clothing while he walked home along the side of the road during poor weather conditions and it was still before dawn, all considered factors in the collision, Tamlyn said.

Police await toxicology and crash reports before the case will be sent for review by the prosecutor.

Murphy has no driving violations on his record, said Fred Woodhams, spokesman for the Michigan Secretary of State's Office.

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