Two killed in wrong way crash on I-696 near Greenfield, second this week

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Michigan State Police had been dispatched to westbound I-696 close to Greenfield on Saturday at roughly 4:50 a.m. for a reported multi car crash.

As soon as on the scene, troopers from MSP’s Metro North put up discovered two autos within the middle proper lane broken from a head-on collision.

“That is one other instance of poor driving habits resulting in the lack of lives,” mentioned 1st Lt. Mike Shaw with Michigan State Police.

The drivers, in each autos, had been the one occupants. They had been killed immediately in Saturday’s crash.

After a preliminary investigation, MSP says a 2022 Ford F-150 was touring westbound I-696 within the middle proper lane. Police say, the motive force of a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee was touring eastbound within the westbound lanes of I-696, additionally within the middle proper lane.

The autos, MSP says, struck one another head on, killing each drivers. No witnesses had been on the scene and police say there weren’t any 911 calls reporting a fallacious means driver.

Right now, the drivers haven’t been recognized. Household notifications might be made as soon as the health worker arrives on scene and identifies the victims. During the investigation, the freeway will stay closed.

“We are attempting to find out why the motive force of the Jeep was driving the fallacious means,” acknowledged F/Lt Mike Shaw.

“We might want to await post-mortem outcomes to see if impairment is an element.”