Car Wash Employee Run Over

Flint car wash worker struck by SUV left in critical condition
Published: Friday, October 07, 2011, 11:00 PM Updated: Friday, October 07, 2011, 11:01 PM
Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal By Khalil AlHajal | The Flint Journal
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FLINT, Michigan — A man struck by an SUV outside a car wash Friday afternoon was listed in critical condition at Hurley Medical Center, according to police.

PedestrianHit.JPGView full size(Dorothy Edwards | The Flint Journal)Family members of the driver that hit a 47-year-old man outside his work place at Top Hat Auto Wash on Friday stand near the vehicle involved in the accident. The man was taken to Hurley Medical Center with serious injuries.
Marcus Thrower, 46, of Flint was working at Top Hat Auto Wash on Fenton and Hemphill roads at 1:50 p.m. when he was struck, according to police.

Thrower was hand drying the passenger side of a 2008 Saturn Vue when the SUV moved forward, dragging the worker about 50 feet, according to a Flint police news release.

The driver was an 87-year-old Grand Blanc man, according to police.

Thrower suffered critical internal injuries and the driver was interviewed and released at the scene, according to police.

Neither alcohol nor speed were believed to be factors in the crash.

An employees at the car wash who was drying vehicles alongside Thrower believed the driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the brakes.