A 55-year-old Detroiter was killed on April 24 while he was scouring for metal beneath the surface in the area of East Grand Blvd. An autopsy is pending to determine the cause of death. On a relatively busy sidewalk at Gratiot and Meldrum, a manhole has been exposed for six months.
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