A Detroit husband and father has been killed after getting hit by a suspected drunk driver.
Sixty-five-year-old Haleem Goode, Sr. was on his way to pick up his wife from dialysis Wednesday morning,
when he was rear ended in Warren.
It happened while Goode was sitting at a red light in his vehicle on 8 Mile near Ryan around 1:30 a.m.
That's when police say a 25-year-old woman slammed into his car. We're told the that suspected drunk driver was going so fast when she hit Haleem's car, that it caused an explosion upon impact.
Surveillance video obtained by 7 Action News shows Goode's car parked at the light and then getting hit
from behind.
"I don't know how someone goes that fast and doesn't slow down at all," says Goode's son, Haleem Goode, Jr.
Police say the suspected drunk driver is a 25 year-old woman from Warren who admitted that she'd been going "from bar to bar" prior to the crash. Investigators also say they found a bottle of wine in her car.
Loved ones of Haleem Goode, Sr. say he was a family man. He'd been married for more than 40 years. He was a Chrysler retiree who loved spending time with his 4 kids and 2 grandkids. He was looking forward to his 3rd grandchild arriving this summer.
"He was an awesome, dedicated father," says his son, Immanuel Goode.
Loved ones have a message for anyone even thinking about drinking and driving.
"Don't do it. Don't do it. Call somebody, man. If you know you're that messed up, don't get behind the wheel," says Goode's son, Gabriel.
