Security Company Van Possibly Damaged in Deadly Hit & Run

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) -- The busted headlight may not look like much, but a Watchdog Security van was allegedly involved in a deadly hit and run. The accident happened Saturday close to 2:00 a.m. at Harper and Dickerson in Detroit.

Management from the Southfield-based company called police.

"Management of this company contacted us and told us that one of their employees had used a vehicle, had borrowed it, and when they brought it back, the vehicle had damage to the front end," said Southfield Police Lieutenant Nick Loussia.

The person who was hit died. The employee driving the van reportedly told his company he hit a tree.

Southfield Police put out a note to surrounding agencies about the van.

"Not too long after that, the Detroit Police Department contacted us and advised us that they had ... a fatal accident and they wanted to investigate it further, so they sent officers out to our department," Loussia explained.

Once the official from the company stepped up, Southfield Police went to work. It doesn't appear a tree did the damage.

"Looked like human hair and cloth from someone's pants embedded in the vehicle," Loussia said.

The lesson? If you see or suspect something, speak up.

"We couldn't do our job if citizens didn't cooperate with us. It makes it so much easier when somebody calls in and says, 'Hey, this is what occurred,'" Loussia told us.

At this point, police aren't identifying the victim, but they do have that driver in custody.