Norma Jean Casolari, 68, struck and killed while walking on Van Dyke at Stanley Avenue in Warren, Michigan

Norma Jean Casolari, 68, was struck by a 2014 Kia Optima driven by a 20-year-old woman at approximately 9:47 p.m. Tuesday near the left turn lane of Van Dyke at Stanley Avenue, one block south of 12 Mile Road.  The Kia driver told investigators she was slowing down for a red traffic light at 12 Mile Road when she struck the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Casolari was crossing one block from a marked crosswalk and was wearing dark clothing, leading police to believe that she may have been difficult to see in the dark. Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call the Warren Police Department at 586-574-4816.