DETROIT (WXYZ) — One person was killed and another was critically injured in a wrong-way crash along M-10 The Lodge near Grand River early Friday morning.
According to Michigan State Police, they received calls of a wrong-way driver in a Jeep on the Lodge, and then shortly after was advised of a crash.
When troopers arrived, they found the Jeep and a second SUV with heavy front-end damage from the head-on crash.
The other SUV did catch fire and was fully engulfed. Troopers attempted to get into the vehicle but were unsuccessful.
They were able to remove the driver of the Jeep. That 27-year-old woman was transported to a local hospital and is in critical condition.
Detroit fire arrived and extinguished the fire in the other SUV, and one person was located inside and pronounced dead at the scene. That person has been identified as a 34-year-old man from Detroit.
It is unknown if impairment is a factor in the crash at this time, MSP said.
The crash remains under investigation. MSP was working to learn where the wrong-way driver entered the freeway and where she came from before that.
