DETROIT, MI ; 4 dead, 1 critically injured after wrong-way crash on Detroit-area freeway on Sunday, 28th July 2024

Four people were killed, and another was critically injured, after a wrong-way crash in Metro Detroit early Sunday, police said.

The incident happened at about 2:50 a.m. on Sunday on southbound I-75 near 11 Mile Road in Royal Oak.

The Detroit Regional Communication Center received calls reporting a wrong-way driver in a black Volkswagen traveling north in the southbound lanes of I-75 before receiving calls reporting that the vehicle had crashed into a Dodge Caravan near 11 Mile Road.

Royal Oak officers responded to the area and discovered the Volkswagen was on fire, and there were multiple victims.

The officer ramped vehicles off to secure the scene and begin investigating.


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