KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) -- A man has been killed in a fiery accident at a Speedway gas station on Kalamazoo's south side.
Capt. Victor Ledbetter says, at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, 53-year-old Michael Seyoum of Kalamazoo was pumping gas into his car at the station on South Westnedge Avenue at Denway Drive when another car crashed into him and the gas pump.
The impact left him lying in a pool of spilled gas that ignited.
A witness managed to drag Seyoum from the flames and arriving Kalamazoo Public Safety officers were quickly able to put out the flames and begin medical care for the victim.
Seyoum was transported to Bronson Methodist Hospital but died from his injuries.
The other driver, a 74-year-old woman from Mattawan, was not injured but the crash remains under investigation. Her name is being withheld until a determination is made on whether she will be charged, but they say alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors.
