A Macomb County man died Monday from injuries he suffered on Saturday in a traffic crash in Oakland Township, officials said.

The single-vehicle crash that killed Clifford Gilbert Finkle, Jr. happened at around 4:15 p.m. when the 1966 Chevrolet he was driving on East Romeo Road near Rochester Road left the roadway and struck a tree, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.

Why Finkle’s vehicle left the roadway hasn’t been determined, but excessive speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash, the sheriff’s office said.

It wasn’t known if alcohol or drug use were factors, the sheriff’s office said.

Finkle, 77, had to be extricated from the vehicle, the sheriff’s office said, and then was transported to an area hospital by paramedics from the Oakland Township Fire Depart

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