Chrysler Factory Employee Kills Co-Worker, Self in Detroit

September 21, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

An employee fatally stabbed a co-worker Thursday at a Chrysler factory in Detroit and then fled to a city park where he killed himself, police said.

The stabbing was reported around 8 a.m. at a Chrysler plant that makes the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango full-size SUVs.

Police found the suspect at Belle Isle, a park minutes away in the Detroit River, where he shot himself inside his vehicle and died, Sgt. Alan Quinn said. The names of the men were not immediately released.

Quinn said he had no information about what led to the stabbing or the relationship between the men. On Belle Isle, police tape was used to restrict access to the area near the vehicle.

The Jefferson North plant employs just more than 3,000 workers on two shifts. No other employees were injured, and workers on the first shift were sent home, said Jodi Tinson, a spokeswoman at Chrysler Group LLC.

A TV station showed some employees driving away in tears.

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Insurance to Cost $10K per Bus Annually for Private Detroit Bus Line

April 9, 2012Email ThisPrintNewslettersTweetArticleComments

A young entrepreneur from the suburbs is planning to start a private bus line in downtown Detroit, Mich.

The Detroit News reports Andy Didorosi is set to open the Detroit Bus Co., a private company with three full-size school buses.

The 25-year-old Ferndale resident says he’s invested $10,000, and insurance will cost another $10,000 per bus per year.

His plan comes as frustrations linger over city buses running late or not at all.

Didorosi’s first bus will launch the last week of April, and the other two will follow.

Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26 President Henry Gaffney says city service could be better, but he’s not a fan of a private citizen tackling the issue.

Gaffney says Didorosi doesn’t really know what he’s doing.

 

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