Somewhere in Moffatt Township, Michigan, in the early minutes of Sunday morning, a driver made one of the worst decisions a person can make after a crash — they hit someone and ran. The someone they left behind was 41-year-old Dana Brooke Quigley. And the running part? That didn’t work out.
It happened at approximately 12:32 a.m. on May 17, along M-76 near the O&M trailer park. Dana was on her e-bike when a vehicle struck her. The impact was fatal. She was pronounced dead right there at the scene. And as deputies from the Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office were still making their way to the location after the 911 call came in, the driver was already gone — vanished before anyone with a badge showed up.
Leaving the scene of a fatal crash is a serious crime in Michigan, and what makes this case particularly hard to digest is just how calculated that choice feels. Someone hit another human being hard enough to kill her, registered what had happened, and still decided that driving away was the better option. That decision is now sitting at the center of a criminal investigation.
The Gladwin County Sheriff’s Office moved fast. They brought in a crash reconstructionist to process M-76 like a crime scene, because that’s exactly what it was. Michigan State Police assisted. The Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Police Department came out. Mobile Medical Response and the Alger Area Fire Department were on scene. Investigators were pulling every piece of evidence they could from that stretch of road while the search for the suspect vehicle was already underway.
They found them. Both the vehicle and the driver were located — the Sheriff’s Office confirmed it. It’s not entirely clear yet how or exactly where, but the search that began on that dark stretch of M-76 ended with the person responsible being tracked down. For investigators working a case where a woman lost her life and the responsible party initially vanished, that outcome matters a lot.
Criminal charges are described as forthcoming. The suspect’s name hasn’t been released yet, and authorities are keeping the specifics tight while the case is being built. That tells you something — they’re not rushing this. They’re making sure every charge sticks, and that whoever is responsible for leaving Dana Brooke Quigley dead on that road answers for it fully.
Dana was 41 years old. She was on an e-bike. She had every right to that road that night. The person who took that from her and then drove away now has to reckon with the full weight of that choice — legally, publicly, and in every other way that follows. The case remains active. The charges are coming. And Moffatt Township is watching.
