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Waterford man dead, woman critical after Pontiac crash

Police lights at night.
Police lights at night.
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PONTIAC (WWJ) -- A man was killed a woman was critically injured in a crash in Pontiac Thursday night.

According to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, at around 8 p.m. on May 21, a Chevy HHR and a Jeep collided in the intersection of Woodward Ave. and University Drive.


The Chevy driver, identified as 50-year-old Nahum Ponce Quevedo of Waterford Township, was found unconscious and not breathing on the scene. Deputies performed CPR, and he was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Quevedo's passenger, a 25-year-old Waterford Township woman, was taken to a hospital were she remained in critical condition Friday morning.

Neither was wearing a seatbelt, officials said.

The Jeep driver, a 55-year-old Waterford Township man, was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured.

Officials are still working to determine who was at fault for the crash, but said alcohol is not believed to have been a factor.

Autopsy results are pending, and an investigation by the Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit is ongoing.