ORION TOWNSHIP (WWJ) A bike crash leaves a former Michigan lawmaker in critical condition, township officials say.
Orion Township Supervisor Chris Barnett says former State Representative John Reilly was injured in a construction zone on Wednesday, November 11 at approximately 6 a.m. on Axford Street near Lapeer Road.
According to Barnett, Reilly was thrown to the ground when his bike struck an exposed pipe.
"This is a (construction) project that started out on October 26 with no notice to the communities of Orion and Oxford. We found out about it through residents' complaints," Barnett told WWJ's Ryan Wrecker. "It's still a mess. People are driving over pipes or walking over pipes and nothing."
Barnett said the county should be held accountable since it's their project, not the township's.
"We have had our team going out and looking at the project," he said. "Yesterday, we put cones out over areas that should have been closed in our opinion. Now there is a plethora of barricades and cones."
The Oakland County Republican Party posted on its Facebook page: "Please join us in praying for former State Representative John Reilly, who was seriously injured in a bicycle accident."
Reilly served as a Republican State Representative from 2017 to 2023.
We have reached out to Oakland County and are awaiting a response.
Republican John Reilly served in the Michigan House from 2017 to 2023.
Republican John Reilly served in the Michigan House from 2017 to 2023.
