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Ferndale council selects next city manager BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
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Car loses control, crashes into Ferndale apartment building BY MIKE KOURY mkoury@candgnews.com
FERNDALE — An apartment complex in Ferndale suffered major damage after a vehicle lost control and flipped over into the building. The Ferndale Police Department responded to the crash at approximately 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 1400 W. Nine Mile Road. Police officers arrived at the scene to find a sedan turned over and inside the apartments. Members of the Ferndale Fire Department were able to extract the driver, a 38-year-old Southfield man, and he was taken to a hospital. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but police stated in a news release that the driver was traveling east on Nine Mile Road when the sedan crossed into the westbound lane. It then left the roadway near the intersection of Nine Mile and Forest Street, traveled across the boulevard and then struck the apartment building. Police confirmed no residents in the apartments were injured from the incident, as the vehicle crashed into a section of the building that did not have units, but a stairwell instead. “It was a very, very severe accident,” said Evan Ahlin, communications liaison for the Ferndale Police Department. “Everybody is very fortunate that it did not turn out worse than what it was because of where the vehicle struck. It actuSee CRASH on page 11A
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Police were called to 1400 W. Nine Mile Road in Ferndale Feb. 11 after a vehicle lost control and crashed into an apartment building. Ferndale police were able to extract the individual involved in the crash from the vehicle and transport him to the hospital.
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FERNDALE — After several months of searching, the Ferndale City Council has selected its next city manager. At its Feb. 10 meeting, the council unanimously approved the selection of Colleen O’Toole as city manager. She will replace former City Manager Joe Gacioch, who left Ferndale in December to take the same position in Royal Oak. O’Toole, the former city manager of Saline, was selected out of a pool of three finalists, which also included James Krizan, the interim city manager and assisO’Toole tant city manager in Ferndale, and Vester Davis Jr., former city manager of Springfield. “Everything that I’ve heard about Colleen, everything that I’ve witnessed about her … I think that she has demonstrated her ability to lead projects and is the preferred candidate for the city,” Mayor Raylon Leaks-May stated during the meeting. O’Toole’s selection as city manager is not official, as it’s contingent upon the approval of a contract, which will come before the City Council at a