Overview

• Larry Gene Howard, 82, died at the hospital on Friday, Oct. 10, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.
• He was hit around 12:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, while using a designated crosswalk on Walton Boulevard near Baldwin Avenue.
• Deputies said a 2012 Chevrolet Colorado driven by a 68-year-old Pontiac man struck him while making a right turn onto westbound Walton Boulevard.
• The crash is under active review by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Crash Reconstruction Unit, and officials have not announced any charges.
• Authorities said this was the sixth pedestrian-involved fatal crash reported in Pontiac in 2025.