Head-on car collision claims 2 lives in Plymouth
Two motorists died early Thursday after one vehicle driving the wrong way on a highway in Plymouth Township crashed head-on into another vehicle, according to Michigan State Police.
State police said on its official Twitter account that its metro Detroit communications center started to receive calls early Thursday about a wrong-way driver heading east in the westbound lanes of M-14.
As troopers headed to the area, state police received calls of a head-on crash on M-14 westbound near Beck Road about 2:30 a.m. The vehicles collided in the middle lane, according to authorities. State police said a 28-year-old man from Belleville was the driver at fault. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the second vehicle, a 44-year-old man from Canton, was also pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger in the second vehicle, a 35-year-old man, was transported to a local hospital with critical injuries.
Families of the victims have been notified by authorities, but the identities of the deceased drivers as well as the injured passenger have not been released by state police. State police said alcohol is suspected in this incident.
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In a separate crash, also early Thursday, two state troopers were assisting with a local traffic stop on South Sheridan Road near East Colby Road about 50 miles northeast of Grand Rapids, when their patrol vehicle was struck from behind.
The patrol vehicle spun around, striking both troopers and pinning one trooper between his vehicle and another law enforcement vehicle. The pinned trooper was freed and transported from the crash scene south of Stanton to the hospital with leg injuries. The trooper was treated and released. The second trooper suffered back pain but remained on scene, according to authorities.
The driver of the vehicle was not injured and was arrested for operating under the influence. State police did not release the name of the driver nor the names of the injured troopers.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: An early morning Thanksgiving crash claims 2 lives, injures 1
