- July 23, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) – Businesses and neighbors say they are held hostage by drag racers turning Clio Road into their own party speedway.
Flint Police Chief Terence Green is well aware of the issue and he’s been working to put a stop to it for months, but he said more help is necessary. The police department is asking the Flint City Council to lease a helicopter as a backup.
Clio Road is covered in tire tracks and skid marks in the business district on Flint’s north side. The owner of Dawn Donuts said he’s also been picking up their trash like leftover food, broken beer and liquor bottles for months.
“It’s to the point to where my bakers are afraid to come to work, you know. And if I don’t have my bakers, I don’t have my business,” said Dawn Donuts owner Hudie Langston.
His employees arrive to work every day at 4 a.m. Throughout the pandemic, Langston said they’ve shown up to find drag racers on the street and sometimes in his parking lot…
