Livonia Man Dies Days After Ice Fishing Accident, Wife's Fatal Crash: Police

ADDISON TOWNSHIP, MI — A 66-year-old Livonia man died Tuesday days after an ice fishing accident last week in Oakland County, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office.

Scott Christopher Levitan was ice fishing with his 15-year-old grandson, of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, on Lake George in Addison Township last Thursday when he fell into the icy water while drilling a hole, according to the sheriff's office.

The 15-year-old boy called 911 and tried to pull his grandfather out of the water, but more ice gave away and the boy fell into the water as well, according to the sheriff's office.

A quick-thinking neighbor rescued the boy and helped keep Levitan above water until more help arrived, according to the sheriff's office.

Levitan was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was listed in critical condition before being removed from life support shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to the sheriff's office.

The 15-year-old boy was also taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and released, according to officials.

Levitan's death also comes days after his wife Mary Lou Levitan, 66, died Friday in an Oakland County traffic crash that happened less than 24 hours after her husband's ice fishing accident, according to the sheriff's office.

Officials believe Mary Lou Levitan was traveling as a backseat passenger inside a 2021 Jeep Cherokee to pick up her husband's pickup truck from the lake.

While moving on Rochester Road near Beach Drive in Oakland Township, a 2011 Ford Edge crossed over the centerline on Rochester Road and slammed into the Jeep head-on, according to the sheriff's office.

Mary Lou Levitan was killed in the crash, while the driver of the Jeep, a Clarkston man and his wife, both age 62, were taken to a nearby hospital, according to the sheriff's office.

The man was listed in stable condition, while his wife was listed in critical condition, according to police.

The driver of the Ford was also taken to a nearby hospital by Airlift Flight Service and was listed in stable condition, according to police.