Suspected driver in Pittsfield Township hit and run missing since crash
Family and friends posted missing person flyers Friday near the Valley Ranch Apartments where Nathan Tracy went missing Wednesday.
Daniel Brenner | AnnArbor.com
- Updated story: Mother to teen missing since crash: 'Please call someone'
A coordinated search was being conducted Friday afternoon in northwest Pittsfield Township for a 19-year-old Trenton man who reportedly walked away from a car crash two days earlier.
The parents of Nathan Alan Tracy have not heard from him since prior to Wednesday night's crash at Oak Valley Drive and Ranchero Drive, said Pittsfield Public Safety Director Matt Harshberger.
Police were dispatched to a hit-and-run accident at Valley Ranch Apartments at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Harshberger said Tracy was northbound on Ranchero Drive when the Ford Focus he was driving went off the road and crashed into the back of a truck parked in a carport.
"Then the driver just walked away," Harshberger said.
Nathan Tracy
Courtesy of Pittsfield police.
When Tracy didn't come home following the accident, his parents reported him as a missing person. Police, including a state police K-9 unit, searched a three-mile radius from the scene of the accident Thursday morning, but did not find him.
The search intensified Friday morning with more than 50 people -- including Tracy's parents, Pittsfield police and firefighters and on-duty and off-duty firemen from Chelsea and Augusta township -- scouring a much larger area. As of around 1 p.m., Harshberger said they are searching from Lohr Road east to South State Street and from Interstate 94 south to Ellsworth Road. A helicopter from the Michigan State Police also was scheduled to help out with the search.
Harshberger said there are a lot of woods and ponds in the area.
"Right now we're not worried about charges," he said. "We just want to find him safe."
Anyone with information about Tracy's whereabouts is asked to contact the Pittsfield Police Department immediately at (734) 822-4911 ext. 0.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Richard Carter
Sat, Sep 8, 2012 : 2:16 p.m.
Wonder what he said to the person he talked to, and if he sounded lucid and rational.
jns131
Sat, Sep 8, 2012 : 2:27 p.m.
i am wondering the same thing. I just saw something about concussion. Wondering if that might be something that is making him lucid and irrational.
justcurious
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:57 p.m.
This man left the scene of an property damage accident. He spoke to someone at the scene. He has not checked in with anyone that we know of. Lots of people and resources are looking for him now for two days. That is all I know.
HB11
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:40 p.m.
He's probably scared you-know-what-less. I hope he realizes that in the grand scheme of life, this is pretty minor.
Belgium
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:35 p.m.
Who down votes a question?
Belgium
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 8:09 p.m.
Again?
Gallicans
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:30 p.m.
Oh no! Sweetheart call you mom! This is Nothing in the scheme of things. Just get home safely!
Birdie
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:26 p.m.
I also saw the helicopters. I hope he is OK and was not injured and wandered away hurt. Those poor parents. annarbor.com, please keep updating this story.
Kyle Mattson
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 8:42 p.m.
We will be updating as more information becomes available Birdie. Here's the latest: http://bit.ly/aadc-nt
RN217
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:07 p.m.
Poor kid. Probably freaked out and didn't know what to do. Hope he is found safe.
jns131
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 9:26 p.m.
i doubt it very much. I have heard of head cases where you just don't know you did something wrong. I hope they find him soon and quickly.
Craig Lounsbury
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:07 p.m.
Hopefully he is OK. Hopefully he called friend and is just hiding out.
Lola
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:39 p.m.
too
Lola
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 7:38 p.m.
^ You are probably right. I heard the helicopters to.....just now heard another one. Before reading this I assumed it had something to do with the game tomorrow. I hope he's found safe and sound.
Belgium
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 6:45 p.m.
Is that why there are Police helicopters flying over the area right now? Or did someone else rob a bank?
jns131
Sat, Sep 8, 2012 : 2:28 p.m.
I thought it was for the UM game especially after passing channel 4 on the highway on Friday. Now that I know? I wish it was and not this.
Kyle Mattson
Fri, Sep 7, 2012 : 8:41 p.m.
Correct Belgium. Here's an update: http://bit.ly/aadc-nt