Families heartbroken after couple is killed by wrong-way driver suspected to have been drunk By Randy Wimbley and David Komer online producer Published Two families were bound first by love, now by tragedy. DETROIT (FOX 2) - The families of Daniel Mixon and Nakia Payton were still coming to terms with the tragedy that took both their lives as they gathered to remember them Wednesday. A man driving the wrong way on I-96 in Detroit crashed into them Saturday morning killing Bryant, a mother of five. "Every day I just think about all the moments that we did laugh about and just seeing her smile," said Lakira Payton, her daughter.