Overview
- Demi Veasley, 19, survived a side-impact crash at Hall Road and Schoenherr in Sterling Heights that tore her Kia Optima in half.
- The collision was captured on video, and the back half of the car rolled into a nearby lot while she stayed in the driver’s seat.
- She briefly lost consciousness, spent only a few hours at a hospital, and is home with bruising, a headache, and neck and back soreness.
- Veasley says the striking driver was speeding, did not have headlights on, and may have been drunk, though those details remain unverified.
- Sterling Heights police are investigating, and CBS Detroit reported her family plans legal action as the station awaits a response from police.