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Matthew Carrier
A man who ran a stop sign, causing a fatal crash in Livingston County that killed five and critically injured three on M-59 this week, was driving drunk with a suspended license, Fox 2 reports.
The driver, Matthew Carrier, who was critically injured, doesn't remember anything from Tuesday night's accident in Osceolo Township, Fox 2 was told. His mother, Stephanie Allen, said through tears that he has to be held accountable.
She told Fox 2's Randy Wimbley that her son was driving with a suspended license and was so drunk the night of the crash that he could have died from alcohol poisoning. He also battled mental illness.
"I told him many times to not drink and drive," Allen says.
The dead included Jerome Tortomasi, 73, his girlfriend, Linda Hurley, 69, and her daughter Candice Dunn who had just accepted a Michigan's Parole Agent of the Year award.
Justin Henderson and Preston Wetzel were passengers in Carrier's car and killed in the crash.