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Driver dies after car crashes into tree

Posted at 2:33 PM, Dec 17, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-17 14:33:42-05
Police said 32-year-old Shane Caughey died after crashing into a tree. Investigators said Caughey was driving faster than 70 miles per hour and had been drinking before the accident.
 
Neighbors living on 12 Mile told 7 Action News, the wreck was so loud it got them out of bed just before 1:30 Thursday morning.
 
"It shook the house, it really did,” said neighbor, John Winfield.
 
Family members of Caughey arrive on the scene while 7 Action News was there. His sister was devastated. She said Caught had a 6-month-old baby.
 
No one else was injured in the crash and no other vehicles were involved.