FORT GRATIOT, Mich. (WXYZ) — The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office said a 45-year-old Fort Gratiot man has died after he crashed his car into a coney island restaurant during a road rage incident on Wednesday night.
According to deputies, 45-year-old Christopher Fredendall crashed his Cadillac CTS into Mama Vicki's restaurant on 24th Ave. around 9 p.m.
Witnesses tell police that Fredendall and a 26-year-old Marysville woman who was driving a Dodge Journey were involved in a road rage incident right before the crash.
The witness told police that the woman passed Fredendall on the right shoulder of 24th Ave. heading south. The road then went from three lanes to five lanes and Fredendall passed the woman on the right, swerved in front of her in the left lane and lost control, crashing into the restaurant.
There were customers inside Mama Vicki's but thankfullly, no one inside was injured.
Fredendall was taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead from the crash.
