A Macomb County woman is being held in connection to a hit-and-run crash that took the life of an elderly woman in St. Clair Shores, police said Saturday night.

According to a news release, the incident began earlier Saturday morning when police were called to investigate a report of a dead woman on the ground in the area of 13 Mile Road and Greater Mack Avenue.

When officers arrived about 9:40 a.m. to the 21000 Francis Street near Champine Street they found the deceased woman.

“Upon further investigation, the victim had injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle,” police said in the release.

Investigators have since identified the suspect driver as a 31-year-old St. Clair Shores woman. She has been arrested, according to police.

The woman is being held pending a case review b

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